Remitting subjects: Migrants, money and states

Economy and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-208

  Hernandez, Ester ^a   Coutin, Susan Bibler ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting; El Salvador; Migration; Remittances; The United States

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646094945     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140600635698     Document Type: Article

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