Laboring underground: The employment patterns of hispanic immigrant men in Durham, NC

Social Problems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-42

  Flippen, Chenoa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment relations; Hispanic; Immigration; Low wage labor market; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856890426     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2012.59.1.21     Document Type: Article

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