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Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances and the Changing Family in Asia

Author: HOANG Lan Anh & YEOH Brenda S.A. (eds)
Publication Date: 2015
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, UK

The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes.