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Examines the influence of religious institutions on economic change in immigrant communities, suggesting significant impacts on mobility.
Carl L. Bankston III, Min Zhou, De Facto Congregationalism and Socioeconomic Mobility in Laotian and Vietnamese Immigrant Communities: A Study of Religious Institutions and Economic Change, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Jun., 2000), pp. 453-470
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