Harvesting gold from neighbors golden years : a case study of international retirement migration in Tagaytay City, Philippines

Name: Daez, Emmelyn Michelle Ventura

keyword: Ageing population

; International retirement migration

; Employment creation

Abstract: This paper aims to explore how international retirement migration to the Philippines creates employment opportunities in the healthcare industry. The significance of this study lies on the fact that while the majority of Filipinos could not picture the country ever becoming a destination for foreign nationalities with unemployment, poverty, and poor infrastructure as some of the main drivers to emigrate, the same reasons could make good pull factors for a certain market. In particular, opportunities in international retirement migration could be explored--tapping retirees who want lower prices, cheaper healthcare, and abundant labor supply. With neighboring countries’ rising cost of living and less children in the household to share the responsibility of looking after their elderly, this paper argues that the Philippines stands to benefit from the economic opportunity that may come from the ageing population of more developed economies. Qualitative in nature, this paper looks at facilitators and actors at the structural and agency levels. Tagaytay City is purposely selected for this case study as it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country and is increasingly becoming known as a retirement destination. With foreign retirees instead of Filipino health care workers leaving the country to work abroad coming to the Philippines, this could be a game changer for Filipino medical and allied field professionals considering the employment opportunities that may come about in the healthcare sector being a viable alternative that locals could turn to, to stay with their families in their homeland and still make a living

Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: preserv@tu.ac.th

Name: Kaewkwan Tangtipongkul

Role: advisor

Created: 2019

Modified: 2022-12-20

Issued: 2022-12-20

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DOI: 10.14457/TU.the.2019.1613

eng

DegreeName: Master of Arts

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Asia-Pacific Studies

Grantor: Thammasat University

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