title: Immigrant workers in an emigrant economy: an examination of replacement migration in the Middle East.
abstract: The author investigates human resource shortages in a labor-supplying country, focusing particularly on the case of Jordan.  He "examines the growth, characteristics and role of immigrant labour in an erstwhile emigrant economy and assesses the validity of the replacement migration model.  Data is presented from the author's survey of some 3,751 work permits issued to foreign workers in Amman between October 1982 and January 1983."  It is noted that "replacement migration is only one aspect of a more diffuse pattern of labour inflows which have important implications for the Jordanian economy in general and the labour market in particular."  In addition to replacement labor migration, which involves the employment of skilled workers in sectors experiencing domestic labor shortages, the author identifies the roles played by collective contract labor, involving immigrant labor for project-specific work, and secondary labor, involving low-skill work at discriminatory wage rates.  The distinctions between these forms of labor migration and their economic implications are discussed.  (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Seccombe
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006280:Health Workforce; D007597:Jordan; D008877:Middle East; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Evaluation; Human Resources; International Migration; Jordan; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Manpower Needs; Migrants; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Occupations; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Western Asia