Remittances and circulation behavior in the livelihood process: Transmigrant families in South Sumatra, Indonesia

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-63

  Leinbach, Thomas R ^a   Watkins, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation behavior; Indonesia; Livelihood process model; Remittances; Transmigration

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION BEHAVIOUR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MIGRANTS' REMITTANCES; TRANSMIGRATION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CAPITAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; INVESTMENT; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; MIGRATION, INTERNAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMITTANCES; SETTLEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; TIME;

ASIA; CAPITAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INDONESIA; INVESTMENTS; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRATION; MIGRATION, INTERNAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMITTANCES; SETTLEMENT AND RESETTLEMENT; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA, SOUTH;

EID: 0031846721     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00104.x     Document Type: Article

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