Research & Empirical Analysis of Labor Migration

Rapid development in the Gulf coupled with high demand for employment in sending countries has meant that the GCC states receive some of the largest flows of temporary labor migration in the world. In this context, migrant labor recruitment processes often appear opaque and unfair. Yet, despite calls for reform and regulation, we have limited empirical understanding of the causal mechanisms involved in recruitment — and particularly of the processes that occur in migrant sending countries.

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Researchers

Swethaa Ballakrishnen

Co-PI, Migration and Kerala’s Gender Paradox (Kerala, India)

Daniel Karell

Disaggregating Recruitment: Uncovering the Expectations, Obligations and Hidden Pathways of Labor Migration (Pakistan); Reviews, Ratings, and Resilience: The Promises and Perils of Revealing Labor Migrant, Job Agent, and Recruitment Firm Networks (Pakistan) 

Yaw Nyarko

PI, Recruiting International Migrant Labor: Theory and Evidence (UAE)

Rabia Malik

Reviews, Ratings, and Resilience: The Promises and Perils of Revealing Labor Migrant, Job Agent, and Recruitment Firm Networks (Pakistan)

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