Differences in social-transfer support and poverty for immigrant families with children: Lessons from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)

Immigration Diversity and Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 26-47

  Smeeding, Timothy ^a,b   Wing, Coady ^a   Robson, Karen ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Russell Sage Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 78650508243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203872864     Document Type: Chapter

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