Gender, social network geographies, and low-wage employment among recent Mexican immigrants in Los Angeles

Urban Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 822-851

  Joassart Marcelli, Pascale ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; gender; immigration; occupational segregation; social networks; urban labor market

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; WAGE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912527357     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2014.926634     Document Type: Article

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