A Study On The Philippine Labor Migration And Its Impact To Development

The Philippine labor migration has long been given attention by academics,but most of the literatures written are either one sided or bias,as such people remain skeptical about this phenomenon.Philippine labor migration has been present for over four decades already and has been subject to many scholarly articles discussing its repercussion to Philippine development.The dissertation presented the historical development of migration in the Philippines and how it has shaped the present day Philippine labor migration industry.The study also evaluated the Philippine labor migration regarding the migration development mantra.Different theories such as Globalization,Neoclassical Migration Theory,New Economics of Labor Migration Theory,Segmented/Dual Labor Migration Theory,and Path Dependence were used to understand the development and progression of labor migration in the Philippines and why it has become what it is today.This study also provided the current status of the Philippine labor migration,specifically the Overseas Filipino Workers(OFW)and their rise to prominence as the main driver of the Philippine economy.The paper progresses by providing different cases and the status of Filipino laborers in certain areas of the world where they are greatly concentrated,which included China(Mainland China,Hong Kong,&Taiwan),the Middle East and other ASEAN Countries.The dissertation also presents a challenge to the academic discussion and the well laid out Philippine laws and strategies,on whether the Philippines can be a concrete manifestation of migration and development in the world given the numerous and arduous challenges that Overseas Filipino Workers engage into whenever they decide to work abroad.The different theoretical considerations have been an effective means of understanding and analyzing whether the Philippines can be an example of the migration and development mantra.Despite the undeniable boost that OFWs have contributed the development aspect of the Philippine labor migration remained dubious for they have not properly enforced the laws and strategies to address the harrowing demands of labor migration brings into the Philippines.