Remittances and the Maintenance of Dual Social Worlds: The Transnational Working Lives of Migrants in Greater London

International Migration

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 140-156

  Batnitzky, Adina ^a   McDowell, Linda ^b   Dyer, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863875654     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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