Gender and remittances: Evidence from Germany

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-229

  Holst, Elke ^a   Schäfer, Andrea ^b   Schrooten, Mechthild ^c  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreigners; Gender; Naturalized residents; Remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865057819     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.692478     Document Type: Article

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