How do households work? migration, the household and remittance behaviour in south africa

Social Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 165-189

  Posel, Dorrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0346640838     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: 19407874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950108458709     Document Type: Article

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