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International Labour Migration Statistics in Asia: An Appraisal
Author(s) -
Athukorala PremaChandra,
Wickramasekara Piyasiri
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.1996.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - sri lanka , spurious relationship , developing country , south asia , development economics , data series , economics , demographic economics , official statistics , geography , economic growth , socioeconomics , statistics , econometrics , sociology , ethnology , mathematics , tanzania
"The present paper attempts a critical review of the data systems of seven major labour-exporting countries--Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand--which account for over 90 per cent of labour outflows from Asia....Data...are discussed under separate sections focusing on limitations as well as potential for further exploitation.... For all countries reviewed here, these data significantly understate total labour outflows, and the magnitude of the error seems to vary between countries and reflect both differences relating to the coverage and efficiency of the approval and monitoring procedure. This throws serious doubts on the appropriateness of official outmigration series for cross country comparison. Frequent changes in reporting procedures also make for discrete changes and spurious shifts in data which render trend analysis quite hazardous." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)