@prefix _12: . @prefix _13: . @prefix _14: . @prefix _15: . @prefix _16: . @prefix _17: . @prefix dc: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix model: . @prefix ore: . @prefix owl: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix rdfs1: . @prefix rel: . @prefix sioc: . @prefix view: . @prefix xml: . _12:b09d62b-de23-4284-9233-ecdd8988e73a a model:FedoraObject; dc:creator "Czaika, Mathias", "Villares Varela, Maria"; dc:date "2012"; dc:description "This paper analyses the relationship between migration duration and occupational changes, using the case of Indian expatriates in the Gulf States. De jure, permanent migration to a Gulf state is almost impossible, leaving a (renewable) temporary work visa the only option available for Indian migrants. De facto, however, ‘temporary’ stay can last for years or even decades, and thus, questions about the factors influencing the timing of return become relevant. This analysis, based on two rounds of the Kerala Migration Survey (KMS 2008 and 2009), aims to deepen our understanding about the relationship between return migration, labour market activity and occupational change among Indian expatriates returning from the Gulf region. In particular, we investigate whether the length of stay in the Gulf depends on migrants’ occupational trajectories before, during, and after the migration experience. We find some significant effects of transitions in labour market activity on the length of stay abroad. In particular, the prospect of acquiring an occupation which entails upward social mobility (mainly in the public sector or self-employment) seems to be associated with a shorter stay in the Gulf states, whereas the prospect of post-return labour market drop-out significantly increases migration duration."; dc:format "Published"; dc:identifier "Oxford Research Archive internal ID: ora:6558", "http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/publications/index/working_papers", "ora:6558", "urn:uuid:9b09d62b-de23-4284-9233-ecdd8988e73a"; dc:language "en"; dc:relation "http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/publications/index/working_papers"; dc:subject "Gulf countries", "Indian migration", "Migration", "migration duration", "occupational change"; dc:title "Labour market activity, occupational change and length of stay in the Gulf: DEMIG project paper no. 12"; dc:type "Published", "Publisher's version", "Reviewed (other)", "Working/Discussion paper", "text"; rdfs1:isDefinedBy ; model:createdDate "2012-11-12T11:35:02.556Z"^^; model:hasContentModel _16:DefaultContentModel-1; model:label "ora:6558"; model:ownerId "fedoraAdmin"; model:state model:Active; rel:isMemberOf _13:general; rel:isMemberOfCollection _14:general; view:disseminates _17:ATTACHMENT01, _17:CITATION, _17:DC, _17:EVENT, _17:MARC21, _17:MODS, _17:RELS-EXT; view:lastModifiedDate "2012-11-12T11:35:05.572Z"^^. a ore:resourceMap.