Transborder Migration, Social Reproduction and Economic Development: A Case Study of Burmese Women Workers in Thailand

International Migration

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 13-43

  Kusakabe, Kyoko ^a   Pearson, Ruth ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; WOMENS STATUS;

THAILAND;

EID: 78649480755     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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