The objective of this thesis is to define the factors of households labour
substitute demand during some labour force age (13-59 years) temporary migrated.
This thesis is based upon the 1995-1996 Survey of Population Change in Thailand of
Phase I (July-August 1995) by the National Statistical Office. The unit of analysis is
the household, and the dependent variable is the number of laborers who temporarily
migrate into households. The independent factors are the temporary out-migration
from households, dependency ratio, the household production structure and the
household area. The basic assumption is that there is no correlation between each and
every independent variable, which are analyzed by multiple regression analysis.
From the 7 models analysis, it may be concluded that the high number of
labourers who temporarily migrate out of households is not related to household
labour substitute demand, no matter whether the migrants are male or femal.
However,when controlling for the number of labourers who temporarily migrate out.
it was found that there is a statistically significant correlation between household
labour substitute demand and the number of labourers permanently living in a
household, Child and Age Dependency Ratio, the temporary migration of family
leaders,the number of grandchildren, household production structure and the location
of the household. These factors affect household labour substitute demand when
migration occurs.
It is recommended that the migrant labour force should pay more attention to
children and elder people so that they are be taken care of. Migration to urban areas in
the Central and Northern regions should be promoted to ease the labour shortage;
whereas, migration both across regional boundaries and within region boundaries to
the provincial areas in the North-Eastern and Southern regions can provide a sufficient
labour supply.
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