The impact of overseas labour migration on rural Thailand: regional, community and individual dimensions

Jones, H.; Pardthaisong, T.

Journal of Rural Studies 15(1): 35-47

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0743-0167
PMID: 12322044
DOI: 10.1016/s0743-0167(98)00052-7
Document Number: 281168
"This paper provides a case study of the impact at origin of recent labour migration from rural Thailand to East Asian destinations. It does so through survey information on 63 villages and detailed biographic interviews with recently returned workers. It is concluded that work abroad is regarded by migrants as a strategy of life support; it is sometimes life-enhancing, but only rarely life-changing."

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