wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/0294e69d47871f9b34fcc402c87632df-rogozhina-nataliya/info.yaml

abstract: 'The regional labor market in Southeast Asia is second only to China and

  India. Its development is subjected to the movement of labor force

  within the region. The flow of intraregional migrants has begun to grow

  since the 1990s, reflecting imbalances in the distribution of labor

  among the countries of the region and the existence of significant

  differences between them in household income, wages and competitiveness,

  working conditions and employment opportunities. The number of labor

  emigrants in 2015 was 10.2 million people, of which 6.8 million found

  work in the region itself. The positive results of labor migration are

  indisputable for both importing countries and exporters of labor. The

  first, which include Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, by attracting

  foreign workers cover the shortage of labor force in their labor market,

  especially in labor-intensive industries. The bulk of migrants from

  neighboring countries are semi-skilled and unskilled labor. Its main

  suppliers are Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia and, to a lesser

  extent, Vietnam. In these countries, due to higher rates of population

  growth and its rejuvenation, excess labor has emerged, which does not

  have the opportunity to find employment in still underdeveloped

  economies. Intraregional migration facilitates the solution of the

  problem of poverty and employment in these countries, raising the level

  of skills of the workforce, and the flow of funds into the economy

  through the remittances of migrant workers. However, intraregional

  migration brings not only economic benefits to the countries of the

  region, but also creates certain difficulties for them, since it is

  often accompanied by exploitation, violence of migrants, especially

  illegal ones. Although labor migration in labor-importing countries is

  regulated by laws that restrict the entry of migrants from neighboring

  countries and the duration of their stay in the country, these measures

  are not sufficient to stop the flow of illegal migrants. Costly and

  time-consuming bureaucratic procedure for obtaining a visa, the high

  cost of services of labor agencies, brevity and rigidity of labor

  contracts - all these factors encourage migrants to seek informal

  channels to move to another country. To combat illegal migration,

  various means of policy are used: the deportation of illegal migrants,

  their criminal prosecution (applies also to the entrepreneur who hires

  an illegal worker), periodically conducted campaigns for their

  registration and amnesty. However, these measures are ineffective in

  terms of reducing the influx of illegal migrants, and most importantly,

  are detrimental to the economy. The migration policies carried out in

  Malaysia and Thailand do not satisfy the needs of their economic

  development. In Singapore, the solution to these problems is ensured by

  the presence of an effective migration management system. Given the

  prospects for the development of integration processes in Southeast

  Asia, the problem of improving the management of intraregional migration

  is of particular importance. The ways to solve it are seen not so much

  in the tightening of migration policies in host countries, but in the

  removal of those barriers that impede the free movement of labor force

  within the region through legal channels. The task of the countries is

  to make amendments to their migration systems, including the elimination

  of any forms and types of exploitation of migrants.'
affiliation: 'Rogozhina, NG (Corresponding Author), Russian Acad Sci IMEMO, Primakov
  Natl Res Inst World Econ \& Int Relat, 23 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow 117997, Russia.

  Rogozhina, Nataliya G., Russian Acad Sci IMEMO, Primakov Natl Res Inst World Econ
  \& Int Relat, 23 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow 117997, Russia.'
author: Rogozhina, Nataliya G.
author-email: ngrogozhina@mail.ru
author_list:
- family: Rogozhina
  given: Nataliya G.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.20542/0131-2227-2020-64-3-111-119
files: []
issn: 0131-2227
journal: MIROVAYA EKONOMIKA I MEZHDUNARODNYE OTNOSHENIYA
keywords: 'South East Asia; labor emigrants; migration policy; illegal working

  force; human trafficking'
language: Russian
month: MAR
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '19'
pages: 111-119
papis_id: 7a06142c0094bd71c5be879758e1eec3
ref: Rogozhina2020intraregionalmigrati
times-cited: '0'
title: INTRA-REGIONAL MIGRATION OF LABOR RESOURCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000520040600013
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '64'
web-of-science-categories: International Relations
year: '2020'