The Immigration Process

Immigration Worldwide: Policies, Practices, and Trends

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Segal, Uma A ^a   Mayadas, Nazneen S ^b   Elliott, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Framework; Human capital; Immigration; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922842728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388138.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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