Modeling the Impact of Skilled Labor Movements in ASEAN Economic Community Using General Equilibrium Model

Tatcha Sudtasan

《International Journal of Intelligent Technologies and Applied Statistics》 7卷2期 (2014/06) Pp. 69-80

https://doi.org/10.6148/IJITAS.2014.0702.01

並列摘要

This paper investigates the impact of skilled labor movements in ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on nationwide economy of Thailand using Computable General Equilibrium model. It mainly focuses on the labor movement in telecommunication industry. The model consists of two steps. First, it figures out the impact of the skilled labor movement in telecommunication sector among AEC member countries. Second, it includes the impact of skilled labor movements in 8 occupations that are allowed by the AEC agreement. The results reveal that the inward skilled labor movement into Thailand in the telecommunication sector will lead to the increasing income of engineers and related skilled workers in the country. This yields the positive impact on the economy due to the increasing income of the middle class while costs of production do not increase much. The inward skilled labor movements in all 8 occupations will even yield more positive impacts on the Thai economy. Moreover, these skill labor movements also enhance the pro-poor development.

並列關鍵字

Computable general equilibrium model ； Economic impact ； Telecommunication industry ； ASEAN Economic Community ； Labor movement