Is labor export good development policy?

Ernesto Pernia ()

Philippine Review of Economics, 2011, vol. 48, issue 1, 13-34

Abstract: Labor migration began to be promoted in the late Õ60s or early Õ70s by a number of Asian countries plagued by problems of unemployment, poverty, and scant foreign exchange. However, labor export was generally intended to be a stopgap measure while governments were trying to implement policy reforms to whip their economies into shape. Indeed, labor migration as policy has largely faded in many of our Asian neighbors but remains a major development policy plank in our country. What has made the Philippines specially cut out to be a labor exporter? What are the benefits and costs of migration? Is the export of labor sustainable? Are we content being a labor exporter? Is there a need to rethink the countryÕs labor export policy?

Keywords: migration; labor export; remittances; development policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F24 J08 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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