01468nam a22001577a 4500 528235 528235 241120b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Rajan, S. Irudaya and Pattath, Balasubramanyam 59578 Covid-19 led return to Kerala: A comparative analysis of return emigrants The Indian Journal of Labour Economics 67(2), Apr-Jun, 2024: p.389-405 This article concerns emigrants who returned to Kerala between May and December 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study and document the experiences of 1985 return emigrants (REM) through a quantitative survey conducted via Computer-Assisted Telephonic Interviews. The study utilises a comparative classificatory framework that categorises return emigrants into three groups: normal REM, distressed REM, and REM who returned to re-emigrate. While the REM have been a demographically, politically, and economically significant component of Kerala’s population, the COVID-19 REM represent a unique case in history that has the potential to not only affect the economy, society, and psyche of Kerala for many years to come, but to also provide valuable insights into the future of global labor migration governance.- Reproduced https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41027-024-00497-2 Covid-19, Return migrants, Remittances, Kerala 48999 The Indian Journal of Labour Economics PANDEMIC AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 403326 IIPA IIPA 2024-11-20 67(2), Apr-Jun, 2024: p.389-405 AR133618 2024-11-20 AR