Intermarriage and the intergenerational transmission of ethnic identity and human capital for Mexican Americans

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-227

  Duncan, Brian ^a   Trejo, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79952404412     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658088     Document Type: Article

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