Does social capital pay off more within or between ethnic groups? Analysing job searches in five Toronto ethnic groups

Inside the Mosaic

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 199-226

  Ooka, Emi ^a,b   Wellman, Barry ^c  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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