Feminisation of migration and the social dimensions of development: The Asian case

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1287-1303

  Piper, Nicola ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINIZATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 53449095758     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802386427     Document Type: Article

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