Income, earnings, and poverty: A portrait of inequality among Latinos/as in the United States

Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 181-195

  Dávila, Alberto ^a   Mora, Marie T ^a   Hales, Alma D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84892283266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71943-6_12     Document Type: Chapter

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