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Revisiting Ethnic Niches: A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Experiences of Asian and Latino Undocumented Young Adults

Esther Yoona Cho
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences July 2017, 3 (4) 97-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.4.06
Esther Yoona Cho
aPhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley
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    • THE CONVERGENCE OF RACE AND ILLEGALITY
    • SOCIAL NETWORKS IN TRANSITIONS INTO ILLEGALITY
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    • RESEARCH DESIGN
    • FINDINGS: HOW ETHNIC NICHES MATTER
    • THE ROLE OF ETHNIC NICHES ON WORK TRAJECTORIES
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