Age at Immigration and the Adult Attainments of Child Migrants to the United States

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 643, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-159

  Beck, Audrey ^a   Corak, Miles ^b   Tienda, Marta ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age a.a.rival; children; education; immigration; intermarriage; language proficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863736866     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212442665     Document Type: Article

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