Transnational caregiving between Australia, Italy and El Salvador: The impact of institutions on the capability to care at a distance

Gender and Well-Being: The Role of Institutions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 147-161

  Merla, Laura ^a   Baldassar, Loretta ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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