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The Future of Migration Policy Optimism/Pessimism – A Study on Emigration from Kerala to GCC countries

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  • John, Raju

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There exists two major schools of thought regarding the efficacy of migration related policies. The first category consists of authors who can be called as migration policy optimists. They are optimistic about the ability of migration related policies to affect migration. The second category consists of authors who are referred as migration policy pessimists. They are pessimistic about the ability of policies to affect migration. Migration policy pessimists contend that migration is influenced by various factors in origins and destinations. These cannot be brought under absolute regulatory regime by means of policies. Therefore, changes in migration policies often cannot effectively control migration. The author attempts to assess the validity of these two schools of thought in the light of some recent migration related policies. The paper tries to illustrate how the changing nature of migration related policies are affecting the validity of the arguments raised by migration policy optimists and pessimists.

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  • John, Raju, 2024. "The Future of Migration Policy Optimism/Pessimism – A Study on Emigration from Kerala to GCC countries," MPRA Paper 123092, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:123092
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    Keywords

    Migration Policy Optimism; Migration Policy Pessimism; GCC; Kerala;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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