title: Does international migration follow the oil market situation in the Gulf? The case of Kuwait.
abstract: The author examines the impact of oil-price fluctuations on labor migration flows for Kuwait.  The emphasis is on the effects of the early-1980s price drop.  "After reviewing these flows...this paper will attempt to answer two main questions:  (a) Do immigrants tend to remain where they are and become part of the Kuwait of tomorrow, or is return migration likely to be massive? (b) If there is a tendency to remain in Kuwait, is this accompanied by a move towards the integration of foreigners into a new society, or, on the contrary, is the 'separate development' of two distinct societies taking place?"
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fargues
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011287:Prejudice; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Acculturation; Arab Countries; Asia; Demographic Factors; Demographic Impact; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; International Migration; Kuwait; Labor Migration; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Return Migration; Segregation; Social Change; Western Asia