English-Language Proficiency and Occupational Risk Among Hispanic Immigrant Men in the United States

Industrial Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-296

  Dávila, Alberto ^a   Mora, Marie T ^a   González, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INCOME; LANGUAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953013238     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2011.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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