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Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia

Indonesia provides a particularly intriguing context for a study of international migration of workforce.Most of the villages in Indonesia have been a sender of labor abroad.Remittance from migrant workers working overseas undoubtedly has a positive impact on socioeconomic development of local commu...

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Main Authors: Budijanto, Budijanto, Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Astina, I Komang
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Published: MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2015
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HC Economic History and Conditions
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spelling my.uum.repo.186952016-10-03T01:29:14Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18695/ Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia Budijanto, Budijanto Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim Astina, I Komang HC Economic History and Conditions Indonesia provides a particularly intriguing context for a study of international migration of workforce.Most of the villages in Indonesia have been a sender of labor abroad.Remittance from migrant workers working overseas undoubtedly has a positive impact on socioeconomic development of local community in the country of origin.This research has conducted to get a general picture on the level of value-expectancy of Indonesian migrant workers working overseas, particularly in terms of their economic prosperity, level of comfortable living, as well as social status achieved in community.The research, which is using survey design, has been conducted at Tulungagung district, East Java, Indonesia.To meet this objective, 250 Indonesian migrant workers working overseas which are on their leave at the study area have been chosen for interviews.Results of the study show that remittance inflows have a significant impact on the level of economic prosperity, comfortable living, as well as social status achieved in community.Thus, it is not wrong when the main purpose of doing international migration is to improve the economic condition of the family. MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/18695/1/MJSS%206%203%20%20S2%202015%20282-286.pdf Budijanto, Budijanto and Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim and Astina, I Komang (2015) Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (3). pp. 282-286. ISSN 2039-9340 http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p282 doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p282
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topic HC Economic History and Conditions
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Budijanto, Budijanto
Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim
Astina, I Komang
Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia
description Indonesia provides a particularly intriguing context for a study of international migration of workforce.Most of the villages in Indonesia have been a sender of labor abroad.Remittance from migrant workers working overseas undoubtedly has a positive impact on socioeconomic development of local community in the country of origin.This research has conducted to get a general picture on the level of value-expectancy of Indonesian migrant workers working overseas, particularly in terms of their economic prosperity, level of comfortable living, as well as social status achieved in community.The research, which is using survey design, has been conducted at Tulungagung district, East Java, Indonesia.To meet this objective, 250 Indonesian migrant workers working overseas which are on their leave at the study area have been chosen for interviews.Results of the study show that remittance inflows have a significant impact on the level of economic prosperity, comfortable living, as well as social status achieved in community.Thus, it is not wrong when the main purpose of doing international migration is to improve the economic condition of the family.
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author Budijanto, Budijanto
Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim
Astina, I Komang
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Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim
Astina, I Komang
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title Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia
title_short Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia
title_full Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia
title_fullStr Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in Tulungagung district, Indonesia
title_sort level of economic prosperity, social status and comfortable living of migrant workers in tulungagung district, indonesia
publisher MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy
publishDate 2015
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/18695/1/MJSS%206%203%20%20S2%202015%20282-286.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p282
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