Transnational migration: Bringing gender in

International Migration Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 812-846

  Pessar, Patricia R ^a   Mahler, Sarah J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; STATE ROLE;

EID: 0344272242     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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