Emigration And Economic Development

The Case Of The Yemen Arab Republic
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-02171-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swanson, Jon C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.