Affluent years are over: emigration and development in the Yemen Arab Republic

Nādir. Farjānī

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on economic development impact of labour force emigration in Yemen - discusses migration trends, issues and prospects, and examines the impact on skill and labour shortages, balance of payments, economic structure, agricultural production, trade and inflation in the 1970s as well as potential threats from return migration, decline in migrant worker remittance and degree of dependence in view of migration policies alternatives. Graphs and references.

Keywords: economic development; labour force; emigration.; migration; trend; skill.; labour shortage; balance of payments; economic structure; agricultural production; trade; inflation; return migration; migrant workers.; remittance; dependence; migration policy; développement économique; main-d'oeuvre; émigration; desarrollo económico; mano de obra; emigración; migration; tendance; qualifications; pénurie de main-d'oeuvre; balance des paiements; structure économique; production agricole; commerce international; inflation; migration de retour; travailleur migrant; envoi de fonds; dépendance; politique migratoire; migración; tendencia; calificación; escasez de mano de obra; balanza de pagos; estructura económica; producción agrícola; comercio internacional; inflación; retorno de los migrantes; trabajador migrante; remesa de dinero; dependencia; política migratoria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 P. pages
Date: 1980
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-26, Migration for Employment Project

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