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Emigration And Economic Development: The Case Of The Yemen Arab Republic

Autor Jon C. Swanson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 apr 2019
Although social scientists tend to agree that emigration improves the standard of living of migrants and their families, research suggests that more generally it has a neutral or even negative effect on economic development in the home country. The Yemen Arab Republic is a case in point: while living standards there have improved with emigration, t
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367021719
ISBN-10: 0367021714
Pagini: 122
Dimensiuni: 146 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction and Survey of Literature -- Geography, Climate, and Recent History -- Subsistence Agriculture, Nutrition, and Cash Cropping -- History and Pattern of Yemeni Emigration -- The Economic Consequences of Emigration -- Summary, Conclusions, and Speculations -- Appendix: The Fieldwork Experience

Notă biografică

Jon C. Swanson, formerly assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan--Flint, is now working in the Yemen Arab Republic as a Cornell research associate.

Descriere

Dr. Swanson's analysis of three Yemeni villages reveals that a combination of minimal investment opportunities and migration-induced labor shortages has driven wages up to the point that Yemen's labor-intensive agriculture is no longer viable--it is cheaper to import grain than to produce it locally.