title: Labor mobility, trade and structural change:  the Philippine experience.
abstract: "This article addresses three questions:  (1) Is the high rate of emigration of labor from the Philippines related to the country's trade policy?  (2) Why have migration and accompanying remittances not made much of an impact on the growth and structure of the Philippine economy?  (3) Would economic growth and structural change eventually curtail labor emigration? The Philippines' history of labor export and its economic development are contrasted with those of Asian NIEs [newly industrialized economies] which have adopted liberal trade regimes."
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Abella
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D003132:Commerce; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006280:Health Workforce; D010679:Philippines; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Asia; Commerce; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Policy; Economic Conditions; Economic Development--determinants; Economic Factors; Human Capital; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Migration; Philippines; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Remittances; Research Methodology; Southeastern Asia; Studies