Mexican american mobility: Early life processes and adult wealth ownership

Social Forces

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1015-1046

  Keister, Lisa A ^a   Vallejo, Jody Agius ^b   Paige Borelli, E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924574451     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sou102     Document Type: Article

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