Welfare reform and elderly immigrants' naturalization: Access to public benefits as an incentive for naturalization in the United States

International Migration Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 656-679

  Nam, Yunju ^a   Kim, Wooksoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NATURALIZATION; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC ACCESS; WELFARE REFORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866497038     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00900.x     Document Type: Review

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