International labour migration and quality of life: findings from rural Thailand.
International labour migration and quality of life: findings from rural Thailand.
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10.1002/ijpg.306
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2003-01-01
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Sirinan Kittisuksathit
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作者：
Jones, H.;Kittisuksathit, S.;Sirinan Kittisuksathit
本文提供了关于 20 世纪 90 年代快速发展的东亚劳动力市场体系内国际劳动力移民成本和收益的少数详细案例研究之一。分析重点关注泰国东北部的移民工人社区。数据基于 1997 年 12 月至 1998 年 2 月对乌隆府 Penn 地区 719 名受访者进行的实地调查。本文考虑了根据国际劳务移民参与程度不同而区分的家庭的生活质量维度。尽管根据当地确定的指标，回国国际移民工人的家庭生活质量最高，但分析群体之间的差异相当小。这意味着，国际移民经验在这些社区中如此普遍，以至于对整个这些社区的愿望和成就产生了“示范和效仿”作用。
This paper provides one of the few detailed case studies of the costs and benefits of international labour migration within the East Asian labour market system that developed rapidly in the 1990s. Analysis focuses on communities of migrant worker origin in Northeastern Thailand. Data are based on a fieldwork conducted among 719 respondents from Penn district in the province of Udon Thani in December 1997-February 1998. The paper considers quality of life dimensions for households distinguished on the basis of differing participation in international labour migration. Although the highest quality of life, based on locally identified indicators, is found in households containing returned international migrant workers, the differences between the analytical groups are fairly subdued. The implication is that international migration experience has been so widespread in these communities that it has had a 'demonstration and emulation' effect on aspirations and achievement throughout the whole of these communities.