The Capacity and Desire to Remit: Comparing Local and Transnational Influences

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 939-958

  Carling, Jørgen ^a   Hoelscher, Kristian ^a  

^a PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economic Integration; Norway; Remittances; Socio Cultural Integration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EXPENDITURE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MIGRATION; NATIONALISM;

NORWAY;

EID: 84878123659     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.765657     Document Type: Article

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