The causes and consequences of immigrant labour in the construction sector in Malaysia

International Migration

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 31-57

  Narayanan, Suresh ^b   Lai, Yew Wah ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANT WORKER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 29144527348     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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