Altruistic and contractual remittances between male and female migrants and households in rural Thailand

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 739-756

  VanWey, Leah K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11944271214     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0039     Document Type: Article

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