INCOME INEQUALITY, POVERTY AND LABOR MIGRATION IN THAILAND

Somchai Jitsuchon ()
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Somchai Jitsuchon: Thailand Development Research Institute, 565 Ramkamhaeng Soi 39 (Thepleela1), Wangthonglang District, Bangkok 10310, Thailand

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2014, vol. 59, issue 01, 1-16

Abstract: This paper explores the dynamics of economic growth, poverty, inequality and migration in Thailand, and evaluates the relevance of Lewis model to Thailand's long-term development. Thai economy seems to follow the latter part of the Kuznets curve since mid-1990s, amidst the global trend of rising internal inequality. Also, Lewis model's predictions were not present, both in the overall pattern of internal migration and the labor market conditions in either urban or rural areas. Dualism in Thailand is better characterized by formal/informal dichotomy. However, the Lewis model can be relevant if modified by including the role of foreign workers.

Keywords: Inequality; regional migration; economic growth; government policy; JEL Classification: D63; JEL Classification: R23; JEL Classification: O47; JEL Classification: I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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