The automobile, immigrants, and poverty: Implications for immigrant earnings and job access

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-540

  Clark, William ^a   Wang, Wenfei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commuting; Immigrants; Job access; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CAR OWNERSHIP; COMMUTING; IMMIGRANT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952215906     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.4.523     Document Type: Article

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