ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION In the last few decades, considerable literature has been produced on transnational labor migration, mainly attempting to "measure its extent, to define dominant characteristics, and particularly to evaluate its contribution to socio-economic development" (Goss and Lindquist, 1995:317). Castles and Miller (1998) outlined three main types of migratory flows: student mobility, refugee movement, and labor migration. Of these, transnational labor migration is the most significant in terms of its magnitude and subsequent sociocultural, economic, and political repercussions on both the host and sending countries.
