Globalization has added to the growth of labor migration as a source of income for wives and families left behind in developing countries. The impact on wives left behind by working husbands requires further investigation in order to produce the best practices to combat the soci…
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Family disruption, health hazards, degradation, and physical and psychological abuse are common among migrant female headload porters in Southern Ghana. Microfinance is well-documented as a socioeconomic remedial tool for poor women in some developing economies. Little is known,…
This research examines the puzzle of female labor migration of in Asia. Unlike male migration which is spread across the region, major flows of female migration originate from only a handful of countries. And the “senders” of migrant women (the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Indone…
In sub-Saharan Africa, demographers have mostly studied marriage as a direct determinant of reproductive behaviours. However, being a key vector of social reproduction, research on marriage is also of value because of its multiple implications on demographic behaviours, whether …
Voluntary and involuntary return migration has always been part of the contract labour migration system, but in the case of the Middle East its importance has increased substantially. Since the 1980s Pakistan, one of the major labour suppliers to the Arab world, has faced return…
In the last decade, labor migration of women from the former Soviet Union has grown exponentially. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Moldova, where 1/3 of the population works abroad, most illegally, and where about 1/2 of these migrants are women transnationally "commuting"…
This dissertation examines the interaction between formal and informal institutions in the process of migration from Kyrgyzstan to the United States for low-wage labor. More specifically, it demonstrates how formal and informal institutions interact in the process of irregular l…
One million men travel from Tajikistan to Russia every year to find work. Low wages and racial discrimination prevent many laborers from obtaining a substantial income for their families. Meanwhile, the migrant wives back in Tajikistan are likely to face economic and psychologic…
The central organizing purpose of this study is to investigate the history and local repercussions of the massive migration of labor from the city of Nador in the eastern Rif of Morocco. The study entails an examination of the profound impact of the cultural, social and economic…
This dissertation is an analysis of circular labor migration and its effect on subsistence agriculture among the Iban of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Based on lengthy field research, it focuses on the intersection of Iban economy, demography, and social organization, including th…
This project examines how, in an increasingly precarious global economy buttressed by the tenets of neoliberalism, Caribbean theater and performance have often been a transnational forum for aesthetically exploring the limitations of this economic reality. Throughout, I base my …