Migrant labor situation in Mae Sot area

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Name: Moe Thida Lwin

Organization : Payap University. Department of Business Administration

LCSH: Migrant labor -- Thailand -- Mae Sot (Amphoe)

Classification :.DDC: 658

Abstract: This paper is a study on the migrant labor situation of border city in Mae Sot area of Thailand. Qualitative study is designed to analyze data in the Special Economic Zone, Mae Sot City, Tak province from various sectors and segments of the migrant labor situation which emerged during the period of rapid economic growth. The period of historical analysis is 1990-2017 because this was a period of rapid development along the border of Thailand and Myanmar. To reach the objective of the study, three Thai Government Officers from Mae Sot Chamber of Commerce were interviewed. Finding highlights that political, economic and social aspects are major external environment of migrant labor situation are playing roles. There were low income and wage, unstable occupation, unemployment, few job opportunity, inadequate income to sustain the cost of living and most of economic development is centralized in the urban areas while neighboring countries of Myanmar, such as Thailand, expended more of its industrial to rural areas for the economic development. Moreover decades of civil wars and force labor were motivated to migrate cross the border town Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand. In terms of internal factors it was found that in Thailand’s economic growth and local labor market needs unskilled workers in many sectors are play role. It could be seen as pulling factor particularly in the Thai-Burma border Mae Sot, Tak province. Thailand development began with industrialization in 1970s. Factories were mostly situated in Bangkok and vicinities, and labor demand was met by workers from rural Thailand, mostly from the north and northeast. During the economic boom in the Middle East and East Asia in 1980s the Thai workers were migrated to Gulf region. Industrial development and labor demand were not filled up by local supply. Migrant labors were came Mae Sot to earn money. The higher paying jobs of Special Economic Zone in Mae Sot were attractive. Now Myanmar/Burma’s economic restructuring is in progress. Labor demand for economic, social and political development is shifting and migrant labors are considering return. If this is the case, then the Mae Sot labor market may well be confronted with a shortage of labor. It can be recommended that future trend of migrate labors in Mae Sot is continue causing an increase in the labor supply. The large population of supply labor from Myanmar is one of the key factors and that labors contributed a benefit to Thailand in terms of their “cheap labor cost”. Maintaining these migrant labors, factories owner should provide an improvement of skills and social security. This could attract a long term employment for the shortage of the unskilled labor in Thailand.

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Email: napat_c@payap.ac.th

Name: Somboon Panyakom

Role: Advisor

Created: 2018

Modified: 2565-11-08

Issued: 2022-11-08

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CallNumber: TH. 658 M694M 2018

eng

DegreeName: Master of Business Administration

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Business Administration

Grantor: Payap University

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