Contextualizing immigrant labor market incorporation: Legal, demographic, and economic dimensions

Work and Occupations

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-423

  Hagan, Jacqueline Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital models; Immigrant labor market characteristics; Immigrant social networks; U.S. immigration policies; U.S. immigration trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644227068     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888404268921     Document Type: Review

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