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The tractor, the shop, and the filling station: work migration as self-help development in Albania
Europe-Asia studies • 56 (6) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 877-890
By: Nicholson, Beryl.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is basically a study of the migration of Albanian workers to Greece, Italy, and Northern Europe, in search of work, and its effects on the Albanian economy. Returning migrants frequently bring back with them savings and new ideas which can be invested in and applied to new enterprises in Albania. While working abroad many migrants contribute to the maintenance of their families through financial remittances which are a major source of the cash income which keep these families out of poverty. In addition migrants often allow relatives and neighbors to make use of resources left behind by the emigrants, such as a house, land, vehicles or houshold equipment, as income-producing activities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Labor supply and employment
- Saving and investment
- Individual enterprise
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Albanians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1996-2003
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1996-2003
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Albania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Beryl Nicholson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 888-890)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93645761
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Albanians