Gender and transnational household strategies: Singaporean migration to China

Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-264

  Willis, Katie D ^a   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Gender; Household strategies; Migration; Singapore; Transnational

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

CHINA;

EID: 0034081156     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400050015096     Document Type: Article

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