Philippine International Labour Migration in the Past 30 Years: Trends and Prospects
© Philippine Institute for Development Studies
The paper characterizes how international labour migration became an enduring feature in the country’s development. It presents data on the flow of temporary and permanent international migrant workers in the last thirty years. Characteristics such as destination, occupation, education, sex and age are presented. Using historical movements and motivations, the study then presented the likely prospects of the Philippine international labour migration market considering domestic and the global labour market developments. Long term and short term prospects were discussed and economic, demographic, political and environmental factors were considered as factors affecting the future flow of international migrant workers.
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Authors: Aniceto Jr. Orbeta, Michael Abrigo
Document type: Study
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Publishing:
Philippine Institute for Development Studies
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Year:
2009
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Month:
Noiembrie
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