The effects of fathers' and siblings' migration on children's pace of schooling in rural Bangladesh

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-92

  Kuhn, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal migration; Migration effects; Overseas migration; Pace of schooling

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33744937105     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730600700572     Document Type: Article

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