Fortune, risk, and remittances: An application of option theory to participation in village-based migration networks

International Migration Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1252-1281

  Roberts, Kenneth D ^a   Morris, Michael D S ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MIGRATION DETERMINANT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342457090     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2003.tb00177.x     Document Type: Article

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