Contestation and exclusion in Asian urban spaces under the impact of globalization : an introduction / Jonathan Rigg and Tai-Chee Wong -- International and intra-national migrations : human mobility in Pacific Asian cities in the globalization age / Tai-Chee Wong -- The migrant as a nexus of...

This paper examines the effect of temporary and permanent migration on household expenditures and on asset/durables ownership. Using household survey data from Moldova, this paper relies on the matching approach for identification. It is shown that temporary migrant households have additional...