Experiences with Foreign Workers in Singapore and Malaysia: What are the Lessons for Japan's Labor Markets?
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Keywords
Foreign workers; Asia; Employment; Wages; Skilled workers; Construction workers; Health care workers; Domestic workers; Macroeconomics; Adjustment costs; Externalities; Foreign workers; Asia; Employment; Wages; Skilled workers; Construction workers; Health care workers; Domestic workers; Macroeconomics; Adjustment costs; Externalities; F22; J20; J30; J61; N35;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIG-2016-08-28 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-SEA-2016-08-28 (South East Asia)
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