Latino Immigration and the Low-Skill Urban Labor Market: The Case of Atlanta

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-157

  Liu, Cathy Yang ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873248673     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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