Remittances and the income distribution in Tonga

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-400

  Ahlburg, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Inequality; Migration; Remittances; Tonga

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MIGRANTS' REMITTANCES; MIGRATION; REMITTANCES;

TONGA;

EID: 0030455103     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00128431     Document Type: Article

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