The social context of assimilation: Testing implications of segmented assimilation theory

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 965-984

  Xie, Yu ^a   Greenman, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Immigrant children; Neighborhood effects; School effects; Segmented assimilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953217321     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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