Mobile, flexible, and adaptable: Female migrants in Hanoi's informal sector

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 407-420

  Agergaard, Jytte ^a   Thao, Vu Thi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender; Hanoi; In betweenness; Informal sector; Rural urban migration

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; WOMENS STATUS;

HANOI; VIET NAM;

EID: 80051986952     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.622     Document Type: Article

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