On the use of differing money transmission methods by Mexican immigrants

International Migration Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 554-576

  Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina ^a   Pozo, Susan ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CAPITAL FLOW; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644522520     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2005.tb00280.x     Document Type: Article

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