Labor contracting in international migration: The Japanese case and implications for Asia

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 219-240

  Okunishi, Yoshio ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FAR EAST; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; JAPAN; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKERS; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORIGIN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HUMAN RESOURCES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; JAPAN; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKERS; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; ORIGIN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAR EAST; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING; JAPAN; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0030358583     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719689600500204     Document Type: Article

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