Money transfers among banked and unbanked mexican immigrants

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 374-401

  Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina ^a   Bansak, Cynthia ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750910604     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20111897     Document Type: Article

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