Occupational linguistic niches and the wage growth of latino immigrants

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 423-452

  Mouw, Ted ^a   Chavez, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873183331     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos186     Document Type: Article

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