title: Singapore's foreign workforce:  some reflections on its benefits and costs.
abstract: "This article provides some empirical information pertaining to the benefits and costs of foreign labor to Singapore and subjects to critical analysis some of Pang and Lim's hypotheses concerning the costs of labor importation presented in a previous article.... The article concludes with a discussion of the real cost to Malaysia of Singapore's labor importation policies and its potential for disruption of Malaysia's development plans."
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Stahl
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006280:Health Workforce; D008296:Malaysia; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012846:Singapore; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; Cost Benefit Analysis; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Development Policy; Economic Factors; Evaluation; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Malaysia; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Quantitative Evaluation; Singapore; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Southeastern Asia