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 …

were the same as those surveyed in Kerala Migration Study (KMS) in 1999. About 5 thousand of the 10 thousand households of … of this paper. The analysis of the panel data validated the trend in migration, remittances, employment and unemployment …

foreign remittances and the acquisition of modern gadgetry. Kerala is becoming too much dependant on migration for employment …Migration has been the single most dynamic factor in the otherwise dreary development scenario of Kerala in the last … quarter of the past century. Migration has contributed more to poverty alleviation and reduction in unemployment in Kerala …

This Working Paper is about the unemployment situation in Kerala. It is based on the findings of the two Gulf Migration … Studies, Kerala Migration Study (KMS) and South Asia Migration Study (SMS), conducted by the authors at the Centre for … economic indicators of households such as remittances received, quality of housing, possession of consumer durables, etc. On …

understanding of Kerala migration to the Gulf countries. It gives the most authentic estimate of the annual remittances to Kerala …This is the fourth in a series of Working Papers published by the CDS on Kerala migration. Unlike the other three, this … one is financed by the Kerala Government and the data were collected in UAE. The objectives of this Working Paper are to …

The present paper seeks to cast scepticism on the validity and value of the results of all earlier studies in India on … results prove our secepticism at least in the context of Kerala power system. We find that the cost of dispensing with model …

sector in Kerala. Almost all the public projects, including the prestigious major hydroelectric project of Idukki, have been …

of the poor households residing in a coastal settlement in Kerala. The method of financial diary for data collection is …