Migrant remittances and household division: The case of Nang Rong, Thailand

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1074-1087

  Piotrowski, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian families; Family process; Farm families; Living arrangements; Rural families

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849439111     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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