Journal special issue Editor

Guest Editor of Special Issue “Intergenerational Transfers and Migration” of Migration Studies with Erdal, M.B and Liao, K.A (forthcoming)

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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Abraham, A. and Jose S (2025) Precarity and Plate: Food Security and Dietary Diversity Among Kerala's Low-Skilled Migrants in the Gulf Co-operation Council in Rajan (ed) India Migration Report 2025 Routledge India (Taylor & Francis)  (Accepted)

Abraham, A. Determinants of the Decision to Migrate and Destination Choice of Labour Migrants from South Asia to the GCC. in De Bel-Air and Shah (eds) The Future of Migration to GCC Countries (Springer Singapore) (Accepted)

Abraham, A. and Jose S. Examining Food Security and Dietary Diversity among the Gulf Migrants from India, MiFOOD WP Series (Accepted)

Abraham, A, Erdal, M.B. and Schjølberg , P. N.(2025)  Migration Rhythms in trajectories of upward social mobility in Asia: Survey documentation. Peace Research Institute Oslo.

Erdal, M.B. and Abraham, A (2024). “A methodologically oriented interrogation of connections between migration and social mobility in South Asia.” In Rajan (ed) South Asia Migration Report 2024. Routledge (Taylor& Francis) https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003521228

Abraham, A Erdal, M.B. Karen Liao and Anna Røer Falch (2024). “Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Mumbai” PRIO Paper, Peace Research Institute Oslo. https://www.prio.org/publications/14183

Abraham, A. (2023) Determinants of the Decision to Migrate and Destination Choice of Labour Migrants from South Asia to the GCC” Journal of Social and Economic Development (Springer) doi.org/10.1007/s40847-023-00304-6

Erdal, Marta Bivand; A. Abraham; Anna Røer Falch and Karen Liao (2024) Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Karachi. PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Abraham, A. (2023). “Role of Household Socio-Economic Status in Determining the Impact of Remittances on Human Capital Investment” in Rajan (ed) India Migration Report 2023. Routledge India (Taylor & Francis) https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003490234

Duraisamy, M. and Abraham, A (2022). Women and Work in India: 75 Years since Independence. In Role of Labour in India's Development, 54-60. V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, India. https://www.vvgnli.gov.in/en/occasionalpublications/role-labour-indias-development

Renuka, S. and Abraham, A. (2022) Low female labor force participation: Evidence from urban Kerala. In Mishra, R.K., Kumar Kujur, S., & Trivikram, K. (Eds.). (2023). Higher Education, Employment, and Economic Development in India: Problems, Prospects, and Policies (1st ed.). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003329862

Abraham A. (2020) International Migration, Return Migration and Occupational Mobility: Evidence from Kerala, India. Indian Journal of Labour Economics 63 (4), (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-020-00284-9

Abraham, A. (2020) Labour migration from Kerala: Decision to migrate and choice of destination. In: Rajan, S.I. (Ed.) (2020). India Migration Report 2020: Kerala Model of Migration Surveys. Routledge India (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109747

Khan, M.I. & Abraham, A (2020). No ‘Room’ for Social Distancing: A Look at India’s Housing and Sanitation Conditions. Economic and Political Weekly, 55 (16).

Abraham, A. (2019) Determinants of International Remittance: Evidence from Kerala, India. In: Rajan S., Saxena P. (eds) India's Low-Skilled Migration to the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9224-5_10

Abraham, A and Duraisamy, M. (2015). Determinants of Migration Decision and Destination Choice: The Case of Kerala. Labour and Development, 22(1): 22-44.

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Articles Under progress

Abraham, A, M.B. Erdal, Liao, K. Intergenerational transfers and migration: A research agenda (under review)

Abraham, A, and M.B. Erdal. Intergenerational Transfer of Educational Mobility Capital: Insights from Urban Middle-Class Contexts in Asia (under review)

Erdal, M.B., Liao, K. Abraham, A. Un-categorising the migrant to interrogate the roles of migration in social mobility in four Asian cities (under review)

Abraham A, & Ommen G.Z., International Student Migration from India

Abraham, A & Khan, M.I., ‘One step forward and two steps back’: Impact of Male Migration and Return on the Autonomy of Left Behind Wives

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Other Research Based Articles

Ommen G.Z. & Abraham A.,  (Nov, 2021), Covid-19 as a Tale of Job Hardship and Marginalisation, In: The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/covid-19-as-a-tale-of-job-hardship-andmarginalisation/article37312380.ece

Abraham, A & Khan, M.I. (May, 2020, May). As India begins to evacuate citizens from Gulf, many migrants are anxious about their futures. In Scoll.in https://scroll.in/article/961231/as-india-begins-to-evacuate-citizens-from-gulf-many-migrants-are-anxious-about-their-futures

Khan, M.I. & Abraham A. (July, 2020). Covid19: How long can consumption be sustained in lockdown? In Ideas for India. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/covid-19-how-long-can-consumption-be-sustained-inlockdown.html

Abraham, A & Khan, M.I. (March, 2020). Migrant Exodus During the National Lockdown. Delhi Post.