Transnational Mobility and Socio-cultural Remittances

The Case of Polish Women in Norway and Poland

Bibliographic Data

ID3057516
AuthorsElżbieta M Goździak (0000-0002-8793-0379, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, corresponding author), I Main (0000-0002-9881-6838, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
Year2020
Volume50
Issue1
Publication date2020-08-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Europaea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.16995/ee.1207
OpenAlexW3006417422
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited48

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Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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