The ties that bind: The role of migrants in the uneven geography of international telephone traffic

Global Networks

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-100

  Perkins, Richard ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CONNECTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY; MIGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRANSNATIONALISM

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CROSS-NATIONAL; DRIVING FORCES; INTERNATIONAL CALLING; INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY; LARGE DISPARITY; MIGRATION; TELEPHONE CALLS; TRANSNATIONALISM; VOICE TRAFFIC;

REGIONAL PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CONNECTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

EID: 84872081238     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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