Migrant remittances and skipped generation households: Investigating the exchange motive using evidence from Nang Rong, Thailand

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-196

  Piotrowski, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER;

ASIA; BURIRAM; EURASIA; NANG RONG; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 67749135567     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680901800201     Document Type: Article

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