Immigrants assimilate as communities, not just as individuals

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 389-419

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a,b   Leigh, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnic origin; Immigrant assimilation; US labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751647320     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0277-0     Document Type: Article

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