Determinants of second language proficiency among refugees in the Netherlands

Social Forces

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 515-534

  Van Tubergen, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79953131107     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0092     Document Type: Article

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