International labour migration statistics in Asia: An appraisal

International Migration

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 539-566

  Athukorala, Prema Chandra ^a   Wickramasekara, Piyasiri ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fundamental Principles/Rights Work   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPING REGION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOUR MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SOURCES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERROR SOURCES; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; STUDIES; THAILAND;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA SOURCES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERROR SOURCES; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MEASUREMENT; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; STUDIES; THAILAND;

ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BANGLADESH; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; INDIA; INDONESIA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ASIA;

EID: 0030434014     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1996.tb00544.x     Document Type: Article

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