Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State
Whether and how immigration affects labour markets is a hotly-debated and widely-studied topic. By contrast, the converse question of how emigration impacts labour markets in the source economy has remained largely understudied. In particular, whether outflows of labourers lead to higher wages in th...
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| author | Filipski, Mateusz J. Lee, Hak Lim Hein, Aung Nischan, Ulrike |
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| description | Whether and how immigration affects labour markets is a hotly-debated and widely-studied topic. By contrast, the converse question of how emigration impacts labour markets in the source economy has remained largely understudied. In particular, whether outflows of labourers lead to higher wages in their home countries has only been addressed in a handful of studies. This paper contributes to filling this knowledge gap using data from Myanmar. We collected primary household data from rural Mon State, a southern state neighbouring Thailand. Analysis shows that over a quarter of the labour force is currently migrating for work. Relying on variation in local wages at the village level, regression estimates reveal a significant relationship between migration and wages of unskilled agricultural workers. We use measures of past migration as instrumental variables to further show that this relationship is likely causal. Rapidly rising wages in Myanmar carry deep consequences for the development trajectory of the country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1426972025-02-24T06:46:48Z Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State Filipski, Mateusz J. Lee, Hak Lim Hein, Aung Nischan, Ulrike income emigration labour market labour migration remuneration Whether and how immigration affects labour markets is a hotly-debated and widely-studied topic. By contrast, the converse question of how emigration impacts labour markets in the source economy has remained largely understudied. In particular, whether outflows of labourers lead to higher wages in their home countries has only been addressed in a handful of studies. This paper contributes to filling this knowledge gap using data from Myanmar. We collected primary household data from rural Mon State, a southern state neighbouring Thailand. Analysis shows that over a quarter of the labour force is currently migrating for work. Relying on variation in local wages at the village level, regression estimates reveal a significant relationship between migration and wages of unskilled agricultural workers. We use measures of past migration as instrumental variables to further show that this relationship is likely causal. Rapidly rising wages in Myanmar carry deep consequences for the development trajectory of the country. 2020-01-01 2024-05-22T12:10:53Z 2024-05-22T12:10:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142697 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133533 https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.291030 Open Access Routledge Filipski, Mateusz J.; Lee, Hak Lim; Hein, Aung; and Nischan, Ulrike. 2020. Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State. Journal of Development Studies 56(5): 946-963. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1626834 |
| spellingShingle | income emigration labour market labour migration remuneration Filipski, Mateusz J. Lee, Hak Lim Hein, Aung Nischan, Ulrike Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State |
| title | Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State |
| title_full | Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State |
| title_fullStr | Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State |
| title_short | Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State |
| title_sort | emigration and rising wages in myanmar evidence from mon state |
| topic | income emigration labour market labour migration remuneration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142697 |
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