Remittances and inequality in Cape Verde: The impact of changing family organization

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-398

  Åkesson, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cape verde; Family; Gender; Remittances; Transnational migration

Indexed keywords

CAPE VERDE; FAMILY; GENDER; REMITTANCES; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION;

FAMILY STRUCTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; MIGRANT WORKER; REMITTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 67650233447     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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