The Study of Impact of Immigrant Workers on The Wages Rate Working Hour and of Informal Labor
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The purposes of this research were to 1) study the effects of migrant workers on the average wage rate of migrant workers and 2) study the effects of migrant workers on the working hours of informal workers. This study was quantitative research using secondary data at an individual level from the 2015 and 2019 Systematic Labor Surveys. The General Least Force Estimate (GLS) was used to illustrate the impact on average wages and hours worked by non-employee systems. It was found that 1) males aged 36–59 years old were married with elementary education level working in agriculture affected by the average wage rate and informal workers who live in migrant-intensive areas will have an impact on the average wage rate is low; working in the agricultural sector will have a huge impact on working hours; and in areas with heavy migrant workers, working hours are reduced. This will encourage more work and will lead to health problems Informal workers are a group of workers without social security. Therefore, relevant agencies should have a policy to promote logging. To access welfare at work and health and to promote the skill enhancement of informal workers in all sectors of production.
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