Home, work and community: skilled international migration and expatriate women in Singapore

International Migration

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-186

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Khoo, Louisa May ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Urban Redevelopment Authority   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUES; LABOUR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANTS; SKILL TRANSFER; WOMEN'S ROLE;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031820098     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2435.00041     Document Type: Article

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