Why migrant smuggling pays

International Migration

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 3-26

  Koser, Khalid ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; SMUGGLING;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43149095104     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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