Informal Employment and Irregular Migration Status: A Double Whammy for Migrant Workers in Thailand

• Main Authors: Ducanes, Geoffrey, Engblom, Anna, Ramos, Vincent Jerald R.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: decent work; informal employment; irregular migrants; Thailand; Economics; Labor Economics; Migration Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/205; https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968231188135
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

While a thick strand of literature demonstrates informally employed workers and irregular migrants being generally worse off in the labor market, little has been done to examine and compare these two sources of disadvantages. Using regression analyses on a survey of migrant workers in Thailand from...