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prior to migration, many departing migrant workers were not aware of basic work rights and government regulations … recommendations based on findings and insights from the study are programs on migration must be improved to promote awareness and …
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Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Asian Development Bank in Cebu, Philippines is used to show that tariff …
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) on fertility decisions of Italian working women using administrative data. We exploit a reform that introduced in 1990 costs for dismissals unmotivated by a 'fair cause' or 'justified motive' in firms...
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Outward migration data from the Philippines exhibit spatial clustering. This is likely due to information spillover … effects - fellow migrants share information with other neighboring migrants, thereby lowering the costs of migration. To … growth in the number of succeeding migrants. We find that current and past migration from one municipality induces …
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The paper characterizes how international labor migration became an enduring feature in the country's development. It … study then presented the likely prospects of the Philippine international labor migration market considering domestic and …
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This paper discusses public and private institutions that were established in the Philippines to provide services to … Filipino international migrant workers. Thirty years of having explicit policy on international labor migration has resulted to … countries to follow. It presents how government migration services work together with nongovernment organizations in a …
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migration and remittances and to highlight research gaps. Literature and reliability of findings that explore the many facets … and implications of the social and economic impacts of international labor migration and remittances were assessed and … impact of international labor migration and remittances is complex and an interdisciplinary research is needed to …
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The Philippines is often referred to as a country from which export of services rather than manufactured goods is the …, and entrepreneurial talent so they will work in the Philippines rather than overseas. To take advantage of those … environment for foreign investors and local entrepreneurs. …
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better information on migration and for wage premiums and discounts to be estimated across sectors and countries. The second … migration policies. Whilst it is possible to share the burdens of ageing and dependency through migration, this will not happen … under present arrangements. Migration cannot continue to be treated differently to trade and finance. A framework needs to …
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This paper examines the evolution of female labor market outcomes from 1987 to 2008 by assessing the role of changing labor demand requirements in four developing countries: Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand. The results highlight the importance of structural change in reducing gender...
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