Given a morphism between complex projective varieties, we make several conjectures on the relations between the set of pseudo-effective (co)homology classes which are annihilated by pushforward and the set of classes of varieties contracted by the mo
rphism. We prove these conjectures for classes of curves or divisors. We also prove that one of these conjectures implies Grothendiecks generalized Hodge conjecture for varieties with Hodge coniveau at least 1.
