Individual versus household migration decision rules: Gender and marital status differences in intentions to migrate in South Africa

International Migration

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-61

  Gubhaju, Bina ^a   De Jong, Gordon F ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GENDER ISSUE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MICROECONOMICS; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 59749104914     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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