Social contacts and the economic performance of immigrants: A panel study of immigrants in Germany

International Migration Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 680-709

  Kanas, Agnieszka ^a   Chiswick, Barry R ^b   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^c   Van Tubergen, Frank ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LANGUAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84866523584     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2012.00901.x     Document Type: Review

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