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Has Emigration Influenced Kerala's Living Standards? A Micro Level Investigation
The impact of job migration on households across Kerala has its impact on a greater flow of remittances from abroad, which in turn leads to improved living standards and increased consumption levels. More long-term changes, as this paper emphasises, are related to education. Higher educated workers...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Economic and Political Weekly May 4, 2002
2002
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/002035.pdf |
| Summary: | The impact of job migration on households across Kerala has its impact on a greater flow of remittances from abroad, which in turn leads to improved living standards and increased consumption levels. More long-term changes, as this paper emphasises, are related to education. Higher educated workers spend more time abroad, while for the women, an increased access to education also leads to improved health indicators - a decline in the overall birth rate and a lowering of infant mortality rates. |
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