The commodification of international migration: Findings from Thailand

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-46

  Jones, Huw ^a   Pardthaisong, Tieng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Contract labour; International migration; Key contacts; Recruitment agencies; Thailand

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT;

THAILAND;

EID: 0032967951     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9663.00048     Document Type: Article

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