Looking down or looking up: Status and subjective well-being among asian and latino immigrants in the united states

International Migration Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-75

  Gelatt, Julia ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATINO PEOPLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875296747     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imre.12013     Document Type: Article

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