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 in an instrumental variables framework to further show that this relationship is likely causal. Rapidly rising wages in Myanmar bring both opportunities and challenges, and carry deep consequences for the development trajectory of the country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1468572025-02-24T06:46:05Z 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 rural transformation migration remuneration mechanization 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 in an instrumental variables framework to further show that this relationship is likely causal. Rapidly rising wages in Myanmar bring both opportunities and challenges, and carry deep consequences for the development trajectory of the country. 2019-10-18 2024-06-21T09:09:05Z 2024-06-21T09:09:05Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146857 en https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1626834 Open Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Filipski, Mateusz J.; Lee, Hak Lim; Hein, Aung; and Nischan, Ulrike. 2019. Emigration and rising wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State. Journal of Development Studies. Presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting in Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, United States, July 21-23, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1626834 |
| spellingShingle | income emigration labour market labour rural transformation migration remuneration mechanization 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 rural transformation migration remuneration mechanization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146857 |
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