title: Caribbean skilled international migration and the transnational household.
abstract: "This paper briefly outlines the occupational profile of Caribbean migrants and raises questions concerning the extent to which migrant outflow represents absolute loss.... It is argued that circulation is not confined to commuter-type mobility but in the Caribbean it is also a feature of long-stay migration and the establishment of what are effectively transnational households.  Though the characteristics and spatial behaviour of the household vary with the specific migration type, the transnational household provides a more appropriate model for analysing Caribbean migration and its implications than does the model based on migration as displacement."
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Thomas-hope
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Americas; Brain Drain; Caribbean; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Family And Household; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; North America; Occupational Status; Population; Population Dynamics; Return Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status