This study examines the asset gains to households in Kerala, India, from two types of labor migration: moving overseas … versus moving within India for employment. It draws on panel data from waves of a representative household survey conducted …-migrants enables them to earn as much in low-skill jobs abroad as more educated workers relocating within India can …

,560 IT university students in India, just prior to the completion of their studies. The representative survey was conducted … across India during the summer of 2003. The effect of economic and socio-political factors on the students’ willingness to … their home country, India. Economic factors tend to play a much greater role on their migration decisions, rather than say …