Circular migration and life course of female domestic workers in Beijing

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Guo, Man ^a   Chow, Nelson W S ^b   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Circular migration; Domestic workers; Life course; Migration experience; Women migrants

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; FEMALE; GENDER ROLE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

CELASTRACEAE;

EID: 79952394084     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2011.544905     Document Type: Article

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