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Overseas Employment, Savings Rate and Income Distribution: The Philippine Case

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  • Edita A. Tan

    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

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The first part of the paper gives a brief history of labor emigration; it also explains the Filipino's relatively high propensity to migrate by the country's colonial experience and the flexibility of its labor market. It then applies the life cycle consumption theory to families who receive income from abroad. Foreign employment is generally of short duration and results in a bulge in the overseas workers' income path. A higher saving rate from overseas income is expected. This hypothesis is tested using the 1988 Family Income and Expenditure Survey. It is further found that overseas employment has improved income distribution since the large majority of the migrant workers come from the lower income groups.

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  • Edita A. Tan, 1991. "Overseas Employment, Savings Rate and Income Distribution: The Philippine Case," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 199107, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:dpaper:199107
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    1. R Ball, 1997. "The Role of the State in the Globalisation of Labour Markets: The Case of the Philippines," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 29(9), pages 1603-1628, September.

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