International Labour Migration in East Asia: trends, patterns and policy issues

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    Abstract

    This paper examines emerging patterns of labour migration in East Asia and related policy issues from the perspective of labour-importing countries. Following a survey of the characteristics of labour flows stemming from, but more importantly occurring within, the region, it probes inter-country differences, both in the timing of the entry of migrant workers and the degree of dependency on migrant labour in the context of rapid economic growth and labour market change. There is clear evidence that labour migration is now a structural feature of the economic landscape in these countries. The policy challenge is to design market-based systems for making the new reliance on labour inflows consistent with changing domestic labour market conditions and the priorities of national development policy, while minimising social resentment and adverse implications for political relations with neighbouring labour-sending countries.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)18-39
    JournalAsian-Pacific Economic Literature
    Volume20
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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