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= Who are you?? = =A STUDY ON THE BENEFITS OF THE MIGRATION OF FILIPINO WORKERS AND ITS EFFECTS OVER TIME=

by Gary Balbuena and Jake Du
= What is the dynamic problem? Is this behavior generated endogenously? What is the reference mode of your behavior? =

Dynamic Problem: There is a continuous increase in the number of overseas contract workers every year, current patterns suggest that it is beneficial to the country to send OCWs but over time this may prove otherwise resulting in the decline of OCW migrations.

What is the pattern? Where is the data? source of the data? Is this not actually creating a good feedback considering that we get more remittances now? Your long term consequences does not seem to support what is happening with our economy with the help of remittances.

- The behavior generated is happening endogenously since the government promotes the migration of workers to other nations as it is part of the country's economic development program and since other nations have the demand for workers and they also offer better opportunities abroad.

"The Philippines first began experiencing a noticeable brain drain in the 1970s, when the government set up a mechanism for international contract work. These Overseas Contract Workers were at first employed largely in Middle East nations, notably Saudi Arabia, but an increasing number of workers were taking contracts in Southeast Asia into the 1990s. The number of Filipinos working abroad in such contract work increased from 36,035 in 1975 to 214,590 in 1980" - Skilled Labor Migration from Developing Countries: Study on the Philippines (2002) by Alburo, F. A., & Abella, D. I.