Effects of Remittance Behavior on the Lives of Recent Immigrants to Canada from the Philippines: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-105

  Shooshtari, Shahin ^a   Harvey, Carol D H ^a   Ferguson, Evelyn ^a   Heinonen, Tuula ^a   Khan, Syeed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Housing and living conditions; Longitudinal survey; Overall health status; Recent immigrants; Remittance behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899563945     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-013-9356-1     Document Type: Article

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