Work and family divided across borders: The impact of parental migration on Mexican children in transnational families

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-312

  Lahaie, Claudia ^a   Hayes, Jeffrey A ^a   Piper, Tinka Markham ^a   Heymann, Jody ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Children's health; Children's well being; Family well being; Migration; Transnational families

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449652009     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902966315     Document Type: Article

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