dc.contributor.author	Testaverde, Mauro
dc.contributor.author	Moroz, Harry
dc.contributor.author	Hollweg, Claire H.
dc.contributor.author	Schmillen, Achim
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-20T19:11:53Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-20T19:11:53Z
dc.date.issued	2017-10-08
dc.description.abstract	The movement of people in Southeast Asia is an issue of increasing importance. Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are now the origin of 8 percent of the world's migrants. These countries host only 4 percent of the world's migrants but intra-regional migration has turned Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand into regional migration hubs that are home to 6.5 million ASEAN migrants. However, significant international and domestic labor mobility costs limit the ability of workers to change firms, sectors, and geographies in ASEAN. This report takes an innovative approach to estimate the costs for workers to migrate internationally. Singapore and Malaysia have the lowest international labor mobility costs in ASEAN while workers migrating to Myanmar and Vietnam have the highest costs. Singapore and Malaysia's more developed migration systems are a key reason for their lower labor mobility costs. How easily workers can move to take advantage of new opportunities is important in determining how they fare under the increased economic integration planned for ASEAN. To study this question, the report simulates how worker welfare is affected by enhanced trade integration under different scenarios of labor mobility costs. Region-wide, worker welfare would be 14 percent higher if barriers to mobility were reduced for skilled workers, and an additional 29 percent if barriers to mobility were lowered for all workers. Weaknesses in migration systems increase international labor mobility costs, but policy reforms can help. Destination countries should work toward systems that are responsive to economic needs and consistent with domestic policies. Sending countries should balance protections for migrant workers with the needs of economic development.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1106-7
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1106-7
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28342
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	URBAN POVERTY
dc.subject	URBAN INCLUSION
dc.subject	URBAN INEQUALITY
dc.subject	SLUMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL INCLUSION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INCLUSION
dc.subject	SPATIAL INCLUSION
dc.subject	URBAN POOR
dc.subject	URBAN INFORMALITY
dc.subject	INCLUSION IN CITIES
dc.title	Migrating to Opportunity	en
dc.title.subtitle	Overcoming Barriers to Labor Mobility in Southeast Asia	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Migrating to Opportunity: Overcoming Barriers to Labor Mobility in Southeast Asia
okr.date.disclosure	2017-10-08
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1106-7
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	211106
okr.identifier.report	120136
okr.imported	true
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.geographical	Southeast Asia
okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topic	Urban Development::Rural Urban Linkages
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Poverty
okr.unit	GSP02
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