Income poverty and income support for minority and immigrant households with children in rich countries

Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-89

  Smeeding, Timothy M ^a   Robson, Karen ^b   Wing, Coady ^c   Gershuny, Jonathan Israel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84924191429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139094696.005     Document Type: Chapter

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