Decolonization in Portuguese Africa

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Cousins from Overseas: The Labour Market Impact of a Major Forced Return Migration Shock

“…First, there are 339,868 repatriates between 20 and 69 years old in 1981, which corresponds to individuals 10. 68% of the respondents of a 1978 survey were in favour of the independence of the colonies, but 59% disagreed with the way the process had been conducted and stated that the Portuguese authorities should have defended more "the rights" of the Portuguese nationals (Oliveira 2017). Figure A2 in the Appendix, retrieved from Lourenc ¸o 2018, shows the number of news mentioning the retornados in two daily newspapers (1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979), which drops considerably by 1979.…”

Cousins from Overseas: The Labour Market Impact of a Major Forced Return Migration Shock

“…First, there are 339,868 repatriates between 20 and 69 years old in 1981, which corresponds to individuals 10. 68% of the respondents of a 1978 survey were in favour of the independence of the colonies, but 59% disagreed with the way the process had been conducted and stated that the Portuguese authorities should have defended more "the rights" of the Portuguese nationals (Oliveira 2017). Figure A2 in the Appendix, retrieved from Lourenc ¸o 2018, shows the number of news mentioning the retornados in two daily newspapers (1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979), which drops considerably by 1979.…”