Building bridges to the middle class: The role of community-based organizations in Asian American wealth accumulation

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-303

  Varisa Patraporn, R ^a   Pfeiffer, Deirdre ^b   Ong, Paul ^b  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Asset building; Community based organizations; Financial education; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; BANKING; CLASS; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

EID: 77954482841     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242410366441     Document Type: Article

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