The article compares and contrasts the scale and composition of workers` outflow and remittance flow from 1994 to 2012 at the national level and in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara--two big migrant-sending provinces. Analysis over the longer period gives a better understanding of contemporary...

The experience of the Philippines shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover effects are not automatically generated. Opening up the economy to FDI has contributed to the country`s exports of high-technology products and overall economic growth. However, the spillover effects of FDI to...

The study examines the characteristics, root causes, and challenges of irregular migration from Cambodia and then discusses the regulatory approaches and policy options to manage it. It employed mixed approaches, including a survey of 507 households in six high-migration villages, focus group...

This paper examines Malaysia`s policy on irregular migrants and its implementation, and discusses its impact. A survey and interview covering 404 respondents was conducted between July 2010 and June 2011 to ascertain the real situations surrounding irregular migrants in Malaysia, which is one of...

This paper investigates the presence of stochastic and dynamic convergence in the 14 regional economies in the Philippines in terms of per capita gross regional domestic product (GRDP) using panel data from 1988 to 2007. Stochastic convergence, which indicates convergence of the regional per...

Using data from the 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey and 2005 community-based monitoring system for a city, Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) is used in identifying household poverty correlates in the Philippines. Models produced by MARS are more parsimonious, yet contain...

For decades, Thailand has had a strong labor market in both supplying and demanding labor resources. Since the 1970s, Thailand has sent workers to the Middle East, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia, among others. Based on the Socio-Economic Survey, emigrant workers come from households with...

This paper aims to review the policies on international migration in Thailand and discuss difficulties in implementation. Today, Thailand is the host country of international migration from neighboring countries. Most legal migrant workers are professionals, but there are also illegal migrants...

The overall objective of the paper is to demonstrate how the input-output table can be used to calculate total factor productivity growth for a particular sector or commodity. In particular, it describes the adjustments and additional data that are needed in the estimation process. Using the...

This paper reviews the Philippine international labor migration management infrastructure using the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) framework. Thirty years of government experience in managing high-volume labor migration has resulted in a network of institutions and policies dedicated to...