The Global Context of Gendered Labor Migration From the Philippines to the United States

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ID3758445
AuthorsJames A Tyner (Kent State University, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume42
Issue4
Pages671-689
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027649921954417
OpenAlexW2053919529
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited46

Throughout the 20th century, international labor migration from the Philippines has exhibited a shift both in global points of destination and in gender composition. Whereas early Philippine immigration consisted predominantly of male laborers to the United States, current flows are directed to more than 130 countries, each revealing distinctive sex differences in composition. To understand fully the gendered dimensions of this global shift, it is necessary to situate current patterns within a global context. The migration of Filipinos to the United States and the rest of the world must be seen as part of an institutional response to a changing world economy. Findings suggest that the role of government and private institutions is deeply implicated in the gendering of international labor migration. Moreover, a state's position in the global economy translates into different institutional pursuits and, hence, different processes and patterns of international labor migration

Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Human migration · Immigration · Political science · Population · Sociology · State (computer science) · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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