Transnational Family Money: Remittances, Gifts and Inheritance

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 475-492

  Singh, Supriya ^a   Robertson, Shanthi ^a   Cabraal, Anuja ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care; Indian Diaspora; Migration; Remittances; Sociology of Money; Transnational Family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866870707     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2012.701606     Document Type: Article

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