Labor Mobility, Trade and Structural Change

The Philippine Experience

Bibliographic Data

ID11147358
AuthorsManolo Abella (International Labour Organization, corresponding author), Manolo I Abella (International Labour Office)
Year1993
Volume2
Issue3
Pages249-268
Publication date1993-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/011719689300200302
PMID12286824
OpenAlexW2022971551
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

This article addresses three questions: (1) Is the high rate of emigration of labor from the Philippines related to the country's trade policy? (2) Why have migration and accompanying remittances not made much of an impact on the growth and structure of the Philippine economy? (3) Would economic growth and structural change eventually curtail labor emigration? The Philippines' history of labor export and its economic development are contrasted with those of Asian NIEs which have adopted liberal trade regimes. Structural economic and demographic factors combined with an inward-looking industrialization policy have sustained a strong labor outflow from the Philippines, in contrast to the NIEs which are becoming net importers of labor. In the newly emerging integration of Asian economies, the Philippines must develop exports based on factors other than labor intensity ( e.g., its highly educated workforce) to maintain a competitive edge

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Emigration · Industrialisation · International economics · Labor mobility · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Workforce · Global trade and economics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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