International labour migration and quality of life: Findings from rural Thailand

International Journal of Population Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 517-530

  Jones, Huw ^a   Kittisuksathit, Sirinan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

International labour migration; Quality of life; Return migration; Thailand

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 0347595120     PISSN: 10773495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijpg.306     Document Type: Article

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