Return emigrants in Kerala: Rehabilitation problems and development potential

K.C. Zachariah, P.R. Gopinathan Nair and S. Irudaya Rajan
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K.C. Zachariah: Centre for Development Studies
P.R. Gopinathan Nair: Centre for Development Studies
S. Irudaya Rajan: Centre for Development Studies

Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers from Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India

Abstract: This research report is aimed at three aspects of return emigrants in Kerala - their occupational mobility, utilisation of their human and material resources in Kerala's development and their rehabilitation. It describes their demographic, social and economic characteristics before emigration, after emigration and, after return to Kerala. Also included are the financial costs of and benefits from emigration and the problems faced by them in the Gulf countries and in Kerala after return. A few suggestions for their rehabilitation and their possible role in the state's development effort are made in the concluding part.

Keywords: Return migration; remittances; rehabilitation; Kerala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J10 J18 J22 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2001-10
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