Negotiating spaces in the labor market: Foreign and local domestic workers in Hong Kong

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-274

  Asato, Wako ^a  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; MIGRANT WORKER; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GOVERNMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 11944254924     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680401300206     Document Type: Article

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