Ethnic Capital and Assimilation to the Great Australian (Homeownership) Dream: the early housing experience of Australia's skilled immigrants

Australian Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-129

  Forrest, James ^a   Johnston, Ron ^b   Poulsen, Michael ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Ethnic capital; housing tenure; skilled immigrants

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ETHNICITY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TENURE RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84900551230     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2014.899024     Document Type: Article

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