Political economy of cross-border marriage: Economic development and social reproduction in Korea

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-200

  Lee, Hyunok ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross border marriages; Feminization of migration; Marriage migration; Multicultural family; Population and care deficit; Social reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865057063     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.688139     Document Type: Article

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