Who cares? Gender, reproduction, and care chains of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-175

  Pearson, Ruth ^a   Kusakabe, Kyoko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Burmese migrant workers; Citizenship; Reproductive labor; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865052073     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.691206     Document Type: Article

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