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Is Grass Greener on the Other Side?: A Glimpse of the Worker Camps in UAE

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  • Sasidharan, Anand

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More than a million Indians work in UAE, and a third of them lives in worker camps. It is the expectation of higher wages that makes the ‘grass greener’ in UAE. But the wage differential, if it exists, does not seem to compensate for the living conditions in these camps. The article discusses the evidence from field study of living conditions in the worker-camps in UAE.

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  • Sasidharan, Anand, 2008. "Is Grass Greener on the Other Side?: A Glimpse of the Worker Camps in UAE," MPRA Paper 19378, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. K.C. Zachariah & B.A. Prakash & S. Irudaya Rajan, 2002. "Gulf migration study: Employment, wages and working conditions of Kerala emigrants in the United Arab Emirates," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers 326, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India.
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    Keywords

    UAE; Migration; Kerala; Worker Camps;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances

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