Effects of foreign worker on sectorals, skills and labour market outcomes

• Main Author: Abdul Hamid, Kamarul Hidayah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Foreign workers - Malaysia; Labor supply - Statistical methods; Employment (Economic theory) - Statistical methods
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105918/1/KAMARUL%20HIDAYAH%20BT%20ABDUL%20HAMID%20-%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105918/

The expansion of Malaysia’s export-oriented manufacturing and construction sectors in the 1980s was met with serious local labour shortages. As a short-term solution for this conundrum, the government allowed the importation of foreign workers. The absence of a long-term foreign worker policy has...