Integration, Social Networks and Economic Success of Immigrants: A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin

Kyklos

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-365

  Danzer, Alexander M ^a   Ulku, Hulya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 79960431398     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2011.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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