Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Labour and Migration
Labour and migration have always been an important topic of research and discussions. ERIA dives deep into it through a range of sub-topics surrounding labour and migration, such as labour mobility, employment, rural development, social welfare, labour adjustment management, migrant networks, and social protections. Furthermore, ERIA also works on problems related to labour and migration such as gender wage gap and inequality.
Tariff Policies and Wages in Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Viet Nam
06 March 2020
This paper reviews the tariff policies and their impact on the wages of workers in manufacturing during the substantial trade liberalisation period in Viet Nam … Read More
Global Value Chain Participation and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labour in East Asia
14 February 2020
Global value chains (GVCs) may have distributional consequences for the relative demand for skilled labour. This study relates GVC participation to the share of skilled … Read More
Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Market Dynamics in a Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesian Plant-Level Data
10 February 2020
This study examines the impact of inward foreign direct investment on the wages and employment of skilled and unskilled workers in Indonesian manufacturing plants. Entry … Read More
The Impact of Economic Globalisation on Firm Performance and the Labour Market: Evidence from Japan
25 October 2019
This paper summarises the major findings and arguments in the literature on the impact of globalisation on firm performance and the labour market, focusing on … Read More
Technical Change, Exports, and Employment Growth in China: A Structural Decomposition Analysis
28 February 2019
This paper analyses the sources of employment growth and assesses the contribution of exports to job creation in China. To do so, we utilise an … Read More
Rethinking Migration Governance in the Mekong Region: From the Perspective of the Migrant Workers and Their Employers
28 February 2019
Workers in the Mekong Subregion migrate within their countries and beyond their country borders in search of better opportunities. Factories and other enterprises in the … Read More
Mobility of Highly Skilled Retirees from Japan to the Republic of Korea and Taiwan
28 February 2017
Attracting highly skilled workers is a major element in the economic development of many countries, especially developing ones. However, workers generally move from developing countries … Read More
Promoting Rural Development, Employment, and Inclusive Growth in ASEAN
26 January 2016
Abstract This paper looks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cooperation on rural development, employment creation, and inclusive growth beyond 2015. Rural development … Read More
Managing Labour Adjustments in an Integrating ASEAN
01 December 2015
The integration processes of ASEAN are ushering changes in the labour market across the region. Unions complain that jobs are increasingly becoming precarious. … Read More
Improving the Regulatory and Support Environment for Migrant Workers for Greater Productivity, Competitiveness, and Social Welfare in ASEAN
24 November 2015
Abstract Migration between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states will increase when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) stimulates economic development within the … Read More
