Does helping them benefit me? Examining the emotional cost and benefit of immigrants' pecuniary remittance behaviour in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue , 2016, Pages 182-192

  Amoyaw, Jonathan Anim ^a   Abada, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Emotional health; Gender; Immigrants; Remittance

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

BEHAVIOR; CANADA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STAFF; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKER; ADULT; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FAMILY; FRIEND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA;

ADULT; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84959018046     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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