This book, originally published in 1986, based on extensive original research, presents many findings on the phenomenon of return migration and on its impact on regional economic development. It remains the only study of its kind. International in scope, the book includes chapters on return migration in Italy, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Canada, Jamaica, Algeria and the Middle East.

Preface; Chapter 1 Return Migration and Regional Economic Development: An Overview, Russell King; Chapter 2 Gastarbeiter Go Home: Return Migration and Economic Change in the Italian Mezzogiorno, Russell King, Alan Strachan, Jill Mortimer; Chapter 3 The Occupational Resettlement of Returning Migrants and Regional Development: The Case of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Elena Saraceno; Chapter 4 Land Tenure, Return Migration and Rural Change in the Italian Province of Chieti, Laurence Took; Chapter 5 The Economic Impact of Return Migration in Central Portugal, Jim Lewis, Allan Williams; Chapter 6 Return Migration and Regional Characteristics: The Case of Greece, Klaus Unger; Chapter 7 The Readjustment of Return Migrants in Western Ireland, George Gmelch; Chapter 8 Return Migration and Urban Change: A Jordanian Case Study, Allan Findlay, Musa Samha; Chapter 9 The Impact of Return Migration in Rural Newfoundland, George Gmelch, Barnett Richling; Chapter 10 Implications of Return Migration from the United Kingdom for Urban Employment in Kingston, Jamaica, Richard Nutter; Chapter 11 Return Migration to Algeria: The Impact of State Intervention, Richard Lawless; Chapter 12 Bridging the Gulf: The Economic Significance of South Asian Migration to and from the Middle East, Vaughan Robinson;