Asset Ownership of New Asian Immigrants in the United States

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-226

  Kim, Jinhee ^a   Chatterjee, Swarn ^b   Cho, Soo Hyun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrants; Business ownership; Financial asset ownership; Home ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861454739     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-012-9317-0     Document Type: Article

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