International migration and development in East Asia and the Pacific
By: Ahmad Ahsan, Manolo Abella, Andrew Beath, Yukon Huang, Manjula Luthria, and Trang Van Nguyen
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780821396490; 9780821399576
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Economic aspects; Economic development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Migration and its impacts; title: Labor migration and economic growth in East and South-East Asia / by Terrie Walmsley, Angel Aguiar and S. Amer Ahmed; title: Remittances, household investment and poverty in Indonesia / by Richard H. Adams, Jr. and Alfredo Cuecuecha; title: More or less consumption? : the effect of remittances on Filipino hsehold spending behavior / by Emily C. A. Cabegin and Michael Alba; title: Impacts of international migration and remittances on child outcomes and labor supply in Indonesia: how does gender matter? / by Trang Nguyen and Ririn Purnamasari; title: The effects of immigration on the Thai wage structure / by Dilaka Lathapipat; title: The impact of foreign labor on labor productivity and wages in Malaysian manufacturing, 2000-2006 / by Tham Siew Yean and Liew Chei Siang; title: Managing migration; title: Indonesia's regulatory, institutional and governance structure for international labor migration / by Ari Kuncoro, Arie Damayanti and Ifa Isfandiarni; title: The Philippine labor migration industry for health and educational services : regulatory and governance structures / by Tereso S. Tullao, Jr., Mitzie I. P. Conchada and John P. R. Rivera; title: Vietnam's regulatory, institutional and governance structure for international labor migration / by Nguyen Huyen Le and Daniel Mont; title: Singapore's system for managing foreign manpower / by Yap Mui Teng; title: The management of foreign workers in Malaysia : institutions and governance regime / By Azizah Kassim, Terence Too and Mahani Zainal Abidin; title: A cost-benefit analysis of the legal status of migrant workers in Thailand / by Charamporn Holumyong and Sureeporn Punpuing.