Expanding opportunity structures: Parental investments in education, migration, and extrinsic risk reduction among Indo-Fijians

Human Nature

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-185

  Neill, Dawn B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic risk; Indo Fijian; Migration; Parental investment; Quality quantity trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954089884     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-010-9086-0     Document Type: Article

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