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Indian Professional Workers in Singapore

In: Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia

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  • Seema Gaur

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Falling fertility in most developed countries, as well as in high-income developing countries like Singapore, has led to population ageing, and is causing serious labour shortages. Consequently, the achievement of growth objectives has become increasingly dependent on foreign labour. Globalisation, the expansion of multinational corporations (MNCs), growing intra-firm linkages, the demands of a knowledge-economy requiring highly skilled workers and the need to maintain international competitiveness, are adding to this process. Under the globalised production regime based on cost minimisation, multinational firms are relocating production and services as well as outsourcing to cheaper locations. Policy makers in these countries are also facing the dual challenge of rising structural unemployment due to economic restructuring on the one hand, and the need to provide knowledge workers on the other. The question then arises; what role can labour migration play in moderating the effects of population ageing and alleviating labour shortages, as well as maintaining the competitiveness of knowledge-based economies?

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  • Seema Gaur, 2006. "Indian Professional Workers in Singapore," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Amarjit Kaur & Ian Metcalfe (ed.), Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia, chapter 10, pages 193-210, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50346-5_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230503465_10
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    1. Mehrzad JAVADIKOUCHAKSARAEI, 2018. "Comparative Analysis Of Migrant Worker Policy In Asian Countries," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 5(1), pages 6-39, August.

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