TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prakash, B. A.
TI  - Five Decades of Kerala Migration to the gulf Countries 1974-2024 : Migration, Return Migration and Economic Impacts
U1  - 325.5483 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Trivandrum
PB  - Modern Book Center
KW  -  International migration concerning Southern India-Kerala
KW  - Migration To Gulf Countries
N1  - During the last five decades the factor which had the greatest impact on the Kerala economy, especially on labour market, consumption, savings, investment, poverty, income distribution, and economic growth has been the Gulf migration and migrant remittances.”The book presents the trends, patterns and major issues in Kerala’s migration to the Gulf for five decades between 1974 and 2024. It encompasses the trends in Kerala migration to the Gulf since 1974, the impact of foreign remittances on the migrant households, the economic impact of Gulf migration on Kerala’s economy, the employment, wage and working conditions of Indian emigrant workers in UAE and Kuwait, the COVID-19 pandemic and exodus of Kerala emigrant workers from GCC Countries and the recent trends in world and Indian international migration. The book contains published and unpublished studies conducted by the author between 1974 and 2024 including the first study on Gulf remittances in Kerala (1978); Contents
List of Tables
List of Appendices
Preface
About the Author  
Chapters
1. Five Decades of Kerala Migration to the Gulf: An Overview
2. Impact of Foreign Remittances: A Case Study of Chavakkad Village in Kerala (1978)
3. Gulf Migration and Its Economic Impact: The Kerala Experience (1998)
4. Exodus of Gulf Emigrants: Return Emigrants of Varkala Town in Kerala (2000)
5. Indian Workers in UAE: Employment, Wages and Working Conditions (2004)
6. Return Emigration of Indian Emigrant Workers from the West Asia: Report on a Survey of Return Emigrants in Kerala (2013)
7. Kerala Emigrant Workers in United Arab Emirates: Employment, Wage and Working Conditions (2014)
8. Indian Emigrant Workers in Kuwait: A Study on Employment, Wages, Working Conditions and Problems (2014)
9. COVID-19 Pandemic and Exodus of Keralite Emigrant Workers from GCC Countries: Causes of Return, Activity Status of Returnees and Economic Impact (2022) 
10.  Trends in World and Indian International Migration (2024)(The year mentioned in the chapters are the year of publication of the study)List of Appendices
Statistical Appendix I
Statistical Appendix II
Appendix III
Contents of Edited Book, "Indian Migration to the Middle East" by B A Prakash, 1998

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