Why do people do stuff? Reconceptualizing remittance behaviour in diaspora-development research and policy

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Page, Ben ^a   Mercer, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Choice; Diaspora; Everyday life; Lifestyle; Migration; Remittances; Theories of practice

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIASPORA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LIFESTYLE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; REMITTANCE; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIALISM; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84859071835     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499341101200101     Document Type: Article

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