Emigration Pressures and Structural Change. Case Study of the Philippines (International Labour Organization, 1997, 56 p.): (introduction...)

Emigration Pressures and Structural Change. Case Study of the Philippines (International Labour Organization, 1997, 56 p.)

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		Foreword
		1. Introduction
		2. Migration and the unemployment problem
		3. Migration pressures: Supply-side push factors
		4. Migration pressures: Demand-side pull factors
		5. Migration: Supply-driven or demand-induced?
		6. Dimensions of labour emigration
		7. The poverty nexus: Dual migration circuits
		8. A strategy of selective interventions
		Bibliography
		International Migration Papers - Cahiers de Migrations Internationales - Estudios Sobre Migraciones Internacionales

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ISBN 92-2-110696-9

First published 1997

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