Employment of highly-skilled migrants during the pandemic: Focus on internal migration in Indonesia
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Highly skilled migrants (HSMs) and non-migrants demonstrated resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. High skills proved crucial for navigating labor market disruptions, regardless of migration status, with HSMs performing second only to highly skilled non-migrants.
Area Of Science
- Socioeconomic impacts of global health crises
- Labor economics and migration studies
- Pandemic-related employment dynamics
Background
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted global labor markets, affecting employment prospects unequally across different demographic groups.
- Understanding the differential impact on migrants versus non-migrants, and by skill level, is crucial for effective policy response.
- Internal migration patterns in Indonesia provide a unique lens to study these effects during the pandemic.
Purpose Of The Study
- To assess the employment outcomes of highly-skilled migrants (HSMs) compared to low-skilled migrants (LSMs), highly-skilled non-migrants (HSNMs), and low-skilled non-migrants (LSNMs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- To analyze how skill level influences the ability to cope with pandemic-induced labor market shocks.
- To examine employment status, changes in working hours, and income fluctuations.
Main Methods
- Utilized the August 2020 National Labor Force Survey data from Indonesia.
- Focused on internal migration within Indonesia.
- Analyzed employment indicators including working status, hours worked, and income changes, incorporating pandemic-specific variables.
Main Results
- High skill level was a significant protective factor against labor market disruptions caused by the pandemic, irrespective of migration status.
- Highly-skilled migrants (HSMs) exhibited strong resilience, ranking second only to highly-skilled non-migrants (HSNMs) in their ability to navigate the crisis.
- Low-skilled individuals, both migrants and non-migrants, likely faced greater employment challenges during the pandemic.
Conclusions
- Skill level is a paramount determinant of labor market resilience during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Highly-skilled migrants are a vital segment of the workforce capable of weathering significant economic shocks.
- Future research should investigate the specific vulnerabilities of short-term mobility, such as commuters, to pandemic-related restrictions.
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