Rural–Urban Migration and Employment Quality: A Case Study from Thailand. Asian Development Review, Vol. 29(1), pp. 57-79
Amare, Mulubrhan; Hohfeld, Lena; Jitsuchon, Somchai; Waibel, Hermann | March 2012
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of rural–urban migration on economic
development in Thailand. It draws upon a panel database of 2,000 rural
households collected from 2008 to 2010 in three provinces from Northeast
Thailand and a survey of 650 migrants in the Greater Bangkok area conducted
in 2010. The study offers some new findings on migration in Thailand. First,
there is evidence that there is a need for better social protection for urban
migrants. Second, the study shows that migration offers the benefit of income
growth for rural households but is less effective in reducing inequality and
relative poverty in rural areas. Generally, migrants are more educated albeit at
an overall low education level in the rural areas. The message emerging from
this paper is that poor rural households tend to produce poor migrants which
could be one of the reasons for the continuous existence of a wide rural–urban
divide in welfare. The crucial importance of good quality education for
migrants to achieve higher quality employment calls for more investment in
education quality in rural areas.
Citation
Amare, Mulubrhan; Hohfeld, Lena; Jitsuchon, Somchai; Waibel, Hermann. 2012. Rural–Urban Migration and Employment Quality: A Case Study from Thailand. Asian Development Review, Vol. 29(1), pp. 57-79. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1647. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Citable URI
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