Emigration Dynamics: The Indian Context

Premi, Mahendra K.; Mathur, M. D.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.1995.tb00036.x

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“…With thousands of Indians emigrating every year in search of a higher income and a better quality of life, international migration has taken new strides in the Indian continent (Subramanian, 2001). Even though reports criticize the absence of regular data on the increasing impact of the Diaspora on the country (Financial Express Daily, 2011;Karunakaran, 2011), by exploring the Census, few researchers have attempted to analyze the rate of expansion in the extent and nature of the Diaspora (Premi and Mathur, 1995).…”

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“…A limited number of studies on the types of emigration from India during the post-colonial era (Davis, 1951;Desai, 1963;Jain, 1982;Madhvan, 1985) identify and define the nature of Indian migration under two categories. According to these researchers, while most of the qualified Indians migrated to western countries in search of professional white-collar jobs (Premi and Mathur, 1995), the majority of skilled workers moved to oil-rich countries like the Middle East and Gulf regions in search of technical and laboring jobs. However, whatever the status of the Diaspora, the continuous inflow of income from abroad evidently led to a significant shift in India's economy (Sekher, 1997;Raghavan, 2012), especially the rural economy, in the past few decades.…”

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Diaspora affluence in rural markets: consumers’ shift from traditional to global products

Vadakepat

2015

Int Journal of Commerce & Mgt

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to focus on two main aspects: the extent of shift in consumer demand from traditional to global products and the factors that influence this change in consumption behavior. The growing size of the Diaspora and corresponding increase in disposable income form one reason for examining shifts in buying behavior of rural consumers in Kerala. Most of the studies describe a shift in consumption styles, but have not yet explored the extent to which this shift is being influenced by Diaspora culture and, if so, why? Focusing on the extent of the shift in Kerala consumers' choice from traditional to global products, this paper aims to fill the gaps in past reviews. Design/methodology/approach -Six villages were randomly selected from three districts ranking top in foreign remittances. Applying a 50-50 combination of Diaspora and non-Diaspora consumers, 300 respondents were included in the survey. Findings -Two hypotheses were formulated to test salient shifts in consumers' choice and revealed a significant influence of the Diaspora community in the shift from traditional to global products. An equal number of non-Diaspora consumers preferred traditional products, but the purchase volume of Diaspora consumers and sales of global products by small rural shops reveal the influence of Diaspora affluence. The findings illustrate emerging changes in rural consumers' choice. Originality/value -Kerala rural markets and Keralites' consumption choices are an apt example on which to base research. This paper focuses on two main aspects: the extent of the shift in consumer demand from traditional to global products and the factors that influence this change in consumption behavior. The findings would support global distributors in designing a business platform to penetrate rural markets.

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Diaspora affluence in rural markets: consumers’ shift from traditional to global products

Vadakepat

2015

Int Journal of Commerce & Mgt

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“…In terms of skill shortages or brain drain, Premi and Mathur (1994) have argued that these have had negative impacts on the source region, particularly India and that the issue needs to be reevaluated in the context of the GATT agreement of 1993. The effects of emigration of skilled workers are not always manifest only in the form of shortages, but also in the lowering of quality and productivity.…”

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Issues and Challenges of Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries

Afolayan

2001

International Migration

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This article is a theory-based attempt to present the issues and challenges of emigration dynamics in developing countries. The topic is discussed within several basic assumptions: first, that emigration dynamics in developing countries have certain features that are different from those in developed countries; second, that countries in the regions covered by the study (subSaharan Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and South Asia) are representative of developing countries.The article has been considerably facilitated by two recently concluded and reported projects: the IOM/UNFPA project, Emigration dynamics in developing countries: sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and South Asia (Appleyard, 1998(Appleyard, , 1999, and the UAP/CEIFO project on International migration in and from Africa: dimensions, challenges and prospects (Adepoju and Hammar, 1996). Any serious academic study of emigration dynamics in developing countries must acknowledge these landmark scholarly studies if they hope to advance understanding of the essential features of emigration dynamics in developing countries.A prime objective of the present article is to focus attention on aspects of the emigration process that will enable policy makers to utilize emigration for development, especially through national and international cooperation at regional and global levels.The article is predicated upon the need for a theory or model of emigration dynamics in developing countries that meets both internal and external dimensions. The adequacy of such a theory can be measured at three different levels: observation, description and explanation (Chomsky, 1965).

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“…Migrant students from India provide a ready pool for such emigrants. Although there may be a gender differential among student migrants -according to Indian government statistics less than 20 percent of those emigrating as students in 1990-1991 were women (Premi and Mathur, 1995) -marriage with women who have settled in the country of destination for longer (often children of migrants) becomes possible. Women migrants may also induce family formation migration, but there has so far been little research in this area.…”

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Gendering Skilled Migratory Streams: Implications for Conceptualizations of Migration

Raghuram

2000

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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The dominant paradigm in studies of international migration has largely neglected the significance of skilled women in migratory streams. Much recent analysis of international migration has been overly influenced by conceptualizations developed in the context of the migration of women who engage in unskilled labor, or of ungendered but implicitly androcentric theorizations of skilled migration, whether arising from a modernization thesis or globalization thesis. In this paper I explore the legacies of such theorizations and the ways in which the presence of skilled women can challenge these conceptualizations. This paper suggests the need to rethink the household-labor market-immigration nexus in the light of issues of social stratification which a focus on skilled women migrants raises.

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Emigration Dynamics: The Indian Context

Cited by 9 publications

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Diaspora affluence in rural markets: consumers’ shift from traditional to global products

Diaspora affluence in rural markets: consumers’ shift from traditional to global products

Issues and Challenges of Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries

Gendering Skilled Migratory Streams: Implications for Conceptualizations of Migration

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