An Economy of Lies: Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India

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An Economy of Lies : Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India. / Sen, Atreyee.

In: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, 08.09.2022, p. 164-176.

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Sen, A 2022, 'An Economy of Lies: Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India', Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 164-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2021.1978123

APA

Sen, A. (2022). An Economy of Lies: Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 20(2), 164-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2021.1978123

Vancouver

Sen A. An Economy of Lies: Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 2022 Sep 8;20(2):164-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2021.1978123

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Sen, Atreyee. / An Economy of Lies : Informal Income, Phone-Banking and Female Migrant Workers in Kolkata, India. In: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. 2022 ; Vol. 20, No. 2. pp. 164-176.

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