An empirical analysis of international labour migration in the Philippines
This study empirically investigates the impact of economic, demographic, and political factors on the size of emigration from the Philippines. In 2007, overseas workers from the Philippines sent remittances in excess of US$14 billion annually to their families back home. Although these remittances are an important source of foreign exchange and play an important role in economic development, the determinants of emigration in the Philippines are not well established. A simple unrestricted error correction model of migration was specified and estimated using data spanning the period 1975-2005. Results indicate that the level of unemployment, adult literacy and population density are the key determinants of emigration in the Philippines. The result also indicates that government instability impacts negatively on emigration in the Philippines. The policy implications of the results are discussed.
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2010
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Authors: | Agbola, Frank W. ; Acupan, Angelito B. |
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Economic Systems. - Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), ISSN 0939-3625. - Vol. 34.2010, 4, p. 386-396
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Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS) |
Keywords: | International labour migration Unit root Cointegration Error correction model Philippines |
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