Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends, factors, impacts

Philip Martin ()
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Philip Martin: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis

No HDRP-2009-32, Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present) from Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of international migration in the Asia-Pacific region and reviews internal migration in China. After putting Asia-Pacific migration in a global context, it reviews trends in migration and the impacts of migrants in the major migrantreceiving countries, patterns of migration and their development impacts in migrant-sending countries, the human development impacts of migration, and three policy issues, viz, new seasonal worker programs for Pacific Islanders in New Zealand and Australia, required local sponsorship of foreigners in the Gulf countries, and the economic effects of migrants in the US and Thailand. Recent trends in internal migration in China, which shares attributes of international migration because of the hukou (household registration) system, are also assessed.

Keywords: International labor migration; migrant workers; guest workers; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J0 O1 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 93 pages
Date: 2009-08, Revised 2009-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-mig and nep-sea
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Published as background research for the 2009 Human Development Report.

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