Transnational migration into Thailand

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24652161
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAGAWA Satoshi 神戸大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10314460)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 国際人口移動 / 国際労働力移動 / 国際引退移動 / トランスナショナル / タイ / ラオス / ロングステイ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted field surveys concerning on transnational migration into Thailand in conection with recent development of information and technolojy and yielded the following results: The use of mobile phone and the favorable policy for foreign workers by the Thai government encourage rulal Lao young peole to work in Bangkok keeping in touch with their family members left behind. The elderly Japanese use internet and come to stay in Chiang Mai in recent years, however the week yen and the rise in prices in Thailand induce low income Japanese longstayers to return home or to move to the third countries such as Combodia and invite richer Japanese elderys staying in short period.

Free Research Field

人口地理学