Nonmarket networks among migrants: Evidence from metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 649-664

  Yamauchi, Futoshi ^a,b   Tanabe, Sakiko ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^c IBM JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Migrants; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749122108     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0072-0     Document Type: Article

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