The kids are (mostly) alright: Second-generation assimilation: Comments on Haller, Portes and Lynch

Social Forces

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 763-773

  Alba, Richard ^a   Kasinitz, Philip ^a   Waters, Mary C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051658771     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2011.0024     Document Type: Note

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