The middle space of migration: A case study on brokerage and recruitment agencies in Nepal

Geoforum

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-169

  Kern, Alice ^a   Müller Böker, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Foreign employment; Migration; Nepal; Transnational labour recruitment

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

NEPAL;

EID: 84939246707     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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