International migration, remittances and subsistence farming: Evidence from Nepal

International Migration

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Maharjan, Amina ^a   Bauer, Siegfried ^a   Knerr, Beatrice ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; POVERTY; RURAL SOCIETY; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

NEPAL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880325564     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2012.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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