As I’ve discussed in my previous two blog posts, the 1973 oil shock resulted in a massive restructuring of global migration patterns and paved the way for the economic ascendancy of oil-exporting Gulf states. Since 1973, Gulf Cooperation Council countries have become a magnet for migration, initially from other Arab states, but in the decade […]
Author: Jackson Norton
Citizenship and the Indian diaspora in the UAE
As I described in my previous blog post, the 1973 oil shock stemmed from an embargo placed on the United States by Arab oil producing nations in response to the United States financially supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.1 The oil shock spurred major trends for public finance and development within Gulf states and […]
1973 Oil Crisis Overview
The oil crisis of 1973 had profound effects on the world economy and spurred trends in labor migration that have continued to amplify to today. The oil crisis began with the Yom Kippur / October War between Israel, supported by the United States, and Egypt and Syria, supported by the Soviet Union.1 In response to […]
Neoclassical migration theory, NELM, and migration out of Uzbekistan
I have enjoyed reading about the various theories of labor migration that we’ve looked at over the last few weeks. The application of economic theory to real world labor markets is quite interesting, particularly as we look at labor migration through the lens of neoclassical economic theory to more contemporary sociological frames such as through […]
Ne Mutle Türküm Diyene! Population Exchange and Turkish Nationalism
“Ne mutlu Türküm diyene” – “How happy one is to say I am a Turk!” This expression, famously spoken by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the tenth anniversary of the Turkish Republic, demonstrates a simple and seemingly benign Turkish nationalism.1 However, Turkey’s history of compulsory international population exchange provides insight to the early republic’s determination of […]