The economic returns of immigrants' bonding and bridging social capital: The case of the Netherlands

International Migration Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 202-226

  Lancee, Bram ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77949422403     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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