Editorial introduction: Bringing the 'left behind' back into view in Asia: A framework for understanding the 'migration-left behind nexus'

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Toyota, Mika ^a   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Nguyen, Liem ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Elderly; Gender; Left behind; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249100919     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.433     Document Type: Editorial

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