Consequences of migration and remittances for Mexican transnational communities

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-44

  Conway, Dennis ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household development; Latin America; Mexico; Migration; Remittances

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MIGRANTS' REMITTANCES; RETURN MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MEXICO; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMITTANCES; RETURN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMITTANCES; RETURN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031844563     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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