Domestic workers and transnational migration: Perspectives from the Philippines and Singapore

Labour in Southeast Asia: Local Processes in a Globalised World

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 329-358

  Huang, Shirlena ^a   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Jackson, Richard T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952535044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203641859     Document Type: Chapter

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