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Costs and Benefits of Cross-Country Labour Migration in the GMS /

International labour migration can be characterized in three ways - as human aspiration, tradition, and necessity. For some people, working overseas is a dream. For others, international labour mobility is a tradition. For a great number of people however, international labour migration is an econom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jalilian, Hossein, 1951- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:International labour migration can be characterized in three ways - as human aspiration, tradition, and necessity. For some people, working overseas is a dream. For others, international labour mobility is a tradition. For a great number of people however, international labour migration is an economic necessity. It is the only viable solution to realize their basic human right to a decent life. GMS worker movements to Thailand typify all three characterizations of international labour mobility. While this book focuses on the economic dimensions of international labour emigration, principally f.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (416 pages).
ISBN:9789814311908