title: The spatial pattern of international labour flows from and to Pakistan:  a preliminary analysis.
abstract: "This paper attempts to identify the international labour flows of Pakistinis focussing on their geographical distribution.  Based on a survey conducted by the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation and the Population Census of 1981 the study suggests that less developed districts are characterised by low out-migration and high return-migration.  In addition, structural characteristics (e.g., land tenure) may be important in explaining low mobility from some underdeveloped districts...."
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Altaf
authors.lastname: Obaidullah
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D010154:Pakistan; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; International Migration; Labor Migration; Land Tenure; Migration; Pakistan; Population; Population Dynamics; Return Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Asia