Emigration And Economic Development

The Case Of The Yemen Arab Republic

Jon C. Swanson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

122 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-02171-9 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-02171-4 / 0367021714
ISBN-13	978-0-367-02171-9 / 9780367021719
Zustand	Neuware