Costs and Benefits of Cross-Country Labour Migration in the GMS / / ed. by Hossein Jalilian.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Chalamwong, Yongyuth,; Dung, Nguyen Thi Kim,; Jalilian, Hossein,; Loi, Cu Chi,; Paitoonpong, Srawooth,; Piamkulwanich, Angkana,; Reyes, Glenda,; Sophal, Chan,; Sukaruji, Chothiga,
• HerausgeberIn: Jalilian, Hossein,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS --; LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, AND BOXES --; List of Contributors --; 1 Migrants of the Mekong Wins and Losses --; 2 ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS OF LABOUR MIGRATION Case of Cambodia --; 3 ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS OF LABOUR MIGRATION Case of Lao PDR --; 4 Economic Costs and Benefits of Labour Migration Case of Thailand --; 5 Economic Costs and Benefits of Labour Migration Case of Vietnam --; 6 Migrants of the Mekong Lessons --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814311908; 9783111024707; 9783110663006; 9783110606683
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814311908
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Hossein Jalilian.

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 from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to Thailand, it recognizes at the very outset the equal standing of non-economic motivations for migration.