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Leif Jensen
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Leif Jensen
Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography
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stratification/mobility, demography, development
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Urban, Community, and Spatial Sociology
Immigrants in new destinations, community and regional impacts on poverty and stratification, community economic development
lij1@psu.edu
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