Cohort progress toward household formation and homeownership: Young immigrant cohorts in Los Angeles and Toronto compared

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1311-1337

  Yu, Zhou ^a   Haan, Michael ^b  

^a University of New Brunswick ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

assimilation; cohort analysis; comparative study; Homeownership; household formation

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862270031     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.602089     Document Type: Article

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