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Economía y Sociedad

On-line version ISSN 2215-3403Print version ISSN 1409-1070

Abstract

GATICA-LOPEZ, Gustavo. Costa Rica as a source of emigrants: a reading from a political economy approach. Economía y Sociedad [online]. 2017, vol.22, n.51, pp.33-54.  Epub June 12, 2017. ISSN 2215-3403.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/eys.22-51.3.

Available data shows an increase in international migration departing from Costa Rica, mainly to the United States. Based on the data obtained from two surveys conducted with potential emigrants and families with members living abroad, this paper is aimed at understanding their reasons for emigrating. In addition, some socio-economic impacts in four suburbs with high rates of emigration are identified. From a political economy approach, the most appropriate framework to better understand these emigration cases is discussed. Moreover, the transformation of the employment and productive matrix followed by Costa Rica during the last three decades, as well as the country’s form of insertion into the international economy are two structural factors strongly linked to the emigration of the subjects studied in this paper.

Keywords : migration; development; family remittances.

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