The impact of overseas labour migration on rural Thailand: Regional, community and individual dimensions

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-47

  Jones, Huw ^a   Pardthaisong, Tieng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT; DEMOGRAPHY; DESTINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; ORIGIN; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT; DESTINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; ORIGIN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND;

ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

THAILAND;

EID: 0032995334     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-0167(98)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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