A quick reference that highlights the main socio-economic and labour market variables for Thailand. It offeres current and insightful details about the Thai labour market against the backdrop of an unstable global economy and as the shadow of the euro zone crisis continues to impact on growth and labour market worldwide.

This text is an ethnographic examination of young women migrants in rural and urban Thailand. The author focuses on the hundreds of thousands of young women who fill the factories and sweatshops of the Bangkok metropolis, following them as they travel from the village of Baan Naa Sakae.

A quick reference that highlights the main socio-economic and labour market variables for Thailand. It offeres current and insightful details about the Thai labour market against the backdrop of an unstable global economy and as the shadow of the euro zone crisis continues to impact on growth and labour market worldwide.

How Immigrants Contribute to Thailand’s Economy is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union.