The international migration of the highly skilled Filipino labor: A theoretical consideration of the welfare and macroeconomic impacts of taxes on remittances

• Main Author: Rivera, John Paolo Rosales
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Emigrant remittances—Philippines; Brain drain—Philippines; Foreign workers, Filipino—Taxation; Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1346; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/2347/viewcontent/CDTG005058_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Labor migration has sizable and non-negligible economic impacts specifically to labor-sending countries such as the Philippines. In the midst of temporary labor migration, any labor-sending economy can experience brain drain, which can alter the economy’s production structure and redirect the coun...