Children's Schooling and Parental Migration: Empirical Evidence on the 'Left-behind' Generation in Albania

Labour

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 76-92

  Giannelli, Gianna Claudia ^a   Mangiavacchi, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; PARENTAL CARE;

ALBANIA;

EID: 78649534240     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2010.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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