Labor Migration and Economic Growth in East and Southeast Asia

dc.creatorWalmsley, Terrie
dc.creatorAguiar, Angel
dc.creatorAhmed, S. Amer
dc.date2014-02-04T16:40:22Z
dc.date2014-02-04T16:40:22Z
dc.date2013-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:52:01Z
dc.descriptionEast and Southeast Asia face major demographic changes over the next few decades as many countries' labor forces will start to decline, while others will experience higher labor force growth as populations and participation rates increase. A well-managed labor migration strategy presents itself as a mechanism for ameliorating the impending labor shortages in some East-Asia Pacific countries, while providing an opportunity for other countries with excess labor to provide migrant workers that will contribute to the development of the home country through greater remittance flows. Although migration would be unable to offset the economic impacts of the declining labor forces in the countries with shrinking populations, a more flexible migration policy, allowing migrants to respond to the major demographic changes occurring in Asia over the next 50 years, would be beneficial to most economies in the region in terms of real incomes and real gross domestic product over the 2007-2050 period. Such a policy could deeply affect the net migration position of a country. Countries that were net recipients under current migration policies might become net senders under the more liberal policy regime.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18359743/labor-migration-economic-growth-east-southeast-asia
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16858
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412170
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6643
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADB
dc.subjectAGEING POPULATIONS
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGES
dc.subjectBENEFICIAL EFFECTS
dc.subjectCAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectCAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectCAPITAL INFLOWS
dc.subjectCAPITAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectCAPITAL STOCK
dc.subjectCOUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subjectDEPENDENCY RATIOS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDOMESTIC WORKERS
dc.subjectDRIVERS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectEXCESS DEMAND
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectFLOWS OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectFOREIGN LABOR
dc.subjectFOREIGN OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectFOREIGN WORKERS
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKET
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectGROWTH OF LABOR
dc.subjectGROWTH PATH
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectGROWTH RESIDUAL
dc.subjectHIGH WAGE
dc.subjectHIGH-POPULATION COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRY
dc.subjectHOST GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION REFORM
dc.subjectIMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCREASE IN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINTENSIVE INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE GROWTH
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCES
dc.subjectLABOR MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR MOBILITY
dc.subjectLABOR MOVEMENT
dc.subjectLABOR MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectLABOR POLICIES
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR SHORTAGES
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOUR SUPPLY
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANT LABOR
dc.subjectMIGRANT WORKERS
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION DATA
dc.subjectMIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subjectMIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subjectMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL COUNCIL
dc.subjectNATIONAL POPULATIONS
dc.subjectNATIONALS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF MIGRANTS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectNUMBER OF WORKERS
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectPEACE
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectPOLICY REGIME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLICY RESPONSE
dc.subjectPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION CONFERENCE
dc.subjectPOPULATION DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOPULATION FORECASTS
dc.subjectPOPULATION STUDIES
dc.subjectPOPULATION VARIABLES
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectRATE OF POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectREAL WAGE
dc.subjectREAL WAGES
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectRETIREMENT
dc.subjectRETURN MIGRATION
dc.subjectRETURN ON INVESTMENT
dc.subjectRETURN TO CAPITAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSKILL SHORTAGES
dc.subjectSKILL TYPE
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKER
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL COMMISSION
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL ANALYSES
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subjectTEMPORARY MIGRATION
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL FAMILY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectUNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT
dc.subjectUNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKER
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN MIGRATION
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectWAGE RATE
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectWORKFORCE
dc.subjectWORLD POPULATION
dc.titleLabor Migration and Economic Growth in East and Southeast Asia

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