In the Philippines, large-scale overseas migration has raised concerns about left-behind children, who are perceived to be most affected by absence of fathers, mothers or both. Without their 'real' parents (especially mothers) rear and guide them, children bear brunt social costs migration. Based on data collected from a 2003 nationwide study, this article examines how (specifically those aged 10–12 years old adolescents) cope without migrant parents. Three questions explored: (1) in one...

Abstract The migration of women engaged in transnational domestic work reveals how the uneven impacts globalisation have intruded into micro‐world families and households. In this age migration, family membership has become multisited or transnational, with members dispersed space. workers separation entails raised challenges to notions ideals “being family”. Unlike other on move, some distinctive characteristics. It can be framed terms moving between households; whose departure from their...

As a significant supplier of labour migrants, Southeast Asia presents itself as an important site for the study children in transnational families who are growing up separated from at least one migrant parent and sometimes cared by 'other mothers'. Through often-neglected voices left-behind children, we investigate impact parental migration resulting reconfiguration care arrangements on subjective well-being migrants' two Asian countries, Indonesia Philippines. We theorise child's position...

This article examines the link between parental migration and young children's education using data from Philippine country study of Child Health Migrant Parents in South-East Asia (CHAMPSEA) Project. The key research question probed here is: what difference does make to school outcomes children? Specifically, it looks at factors that explain progression (school pacing) academic performance achievement) multiple regression analysis. These questions are explored CHAMPSEA gathered a survey...

Researchers have raised concerns about parental migration's effects on various aspects of the left-behind children's development. However, there is limited understanding how migration influences children over life course. This study aimed to fill this gap by investigating exposure during childhood shapes later development in Indonesia and Philippines, two major labor-sending countries Southeast Asia. Adopting a course perspective, we examine timing, sequence, cumulative extent affect...

Drawing from the life stories of 10 women migrants who had returned working abroad, this article examines individual-family nexus in terms migration decision-making processes, how and their families cope as transnational families, themselves view assess experience. The indicate significance women's agency initiating carrying out decisions, with support families. It should be noted though that although most them decided to work abroad for sake also sought attained personal benefits migration....

This article focuses on research international labor migration in Asia, a region marked by intense the last four decades. The review covers undertaken from post-1970s to present. growing significance of has stimulated production evidence-based knowledge Asian Asia. is indicated literature migration-related questions, development centers focused migration, and networks region. Although thriving, future efforts should aim toward theory building establishing links between internal migration.

Abstract There is revived interest and debate on the relation between international migration development, with Asia emerging as one important locus for such deliberations. A number of institutions, journals, people organizations have emerged key players in these discussions but so far there been few attempts to investigate information gathered from perspective “knowledge production”. This paper’s objective, therefore, outline some ways which knowledge about development being produced Asia....

When the twentieth century came to a close, international migration had become part of region’s economic, social and political fabric. As 2000, there were 49.9 million migrants in Asia 5.8 Oceania, accounting for 29 3 per cent, respectively, 175 worldwide. Excluding refugees, International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 86 migrant workers worldwide (ILO, 2004:7) some 22. economically active 2.2 Oceania (27 4 respectively).2 Those numbers reflect relentless accompanied regional...

Migration from Asia has become an important theatre of regional and international migration thus the crucible theoretical developments which have attracted global attention. Yet, these contributions not received explicit acknowledgement. This paper sets out to address this gap by outlining cross-border, mostly South South, especially along corridors between across East, Southeast, West Asia. Empirically, cross-border intra-regional in search for work livelihoods been a significant feature...

International labor migration has been a persistent feature of Philippine society since the 1970s. While economic impact overseas employment found to be generally beneficial families and households, social phenomenon is less understood. Social transformation in four communities which have experienced large-scale sustained international discussed article. Economic prosperity for these communities, particularly with migrant work was most significant tangible attributed oven employment. The...

The move toward a borderless world in trade and industry has had adverse effects on women. Studies of the impact globalization garments which women workers predominate reveal changes structure (e.g., by-passing middle-level subcontractors) due to increased global competition; Asian financial crises led only big firms surviving; shrinking domestic market flood cheaper imports introduction new technologies such as computer aided embroidery have made homeworkers highly vulnerable, subject...

Executive Summary Having experienced substantial international migration since the 1970s, countries in East, South, and Southeast Asia have developed laws, institutions, policies, programs to govern various aspects of migration. Children, however, who comprise a significant share world’s migrants, not received as much policy attention adults. Children are part region’s experience (e.g., children left behind origin when their parents migrate for work, members multicultural families). This...

This paper attempts to outline observed changes in Asian families (particularly East and Southeast Asia) the past thirty years, reviews research-based findings on links between international migration family, identifies emerging family-related issues vis-à-vis trends migration. Among notable during this period are shift towards smaller families, longer family life course, transnational configuration of families. The last one has been brought about by increasing population mobility. Despite...

The significance of international migration in the Philippines has been matched by notable steps taken collection, reporting and dissemination migration-related statistics, including remittances. This article maps out data collected government agencies (the major ones being Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Commission on Filipinos Overseas), describes inter-agency efforts harmonizing collection improving quality data, offers suggestions to broaden access use at national regional...

The growing volume of international students has attracted research interest on their return experiences and the potential impacts overseas education in home countries. This paper uses notion aspiration to investigate students’ connection motivations perceived gains from studying abroad. Interviews with Filipino returnees who completed postgraduate studies Europe suggest that plans study abroad involved aspirations Philippines for different reasons, including career family-related factors....