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MIGRATION AND FAMILY LEFT BEHIND
Time use of children, working-age adults, and the elderly
featuring
Dr. Phanwin Yokying
Research Fellow, East-West Center
While much empirical attention has been devoted to understanding the effect of migration on poverty reduction or other macro-level outcomes, little is known about its impact on labor supply among those who remain at home. Dr. Yokying will share the main findings from her work that quantitatively examines the impacts of migration on time use in paid and unpaid work activities of left-behind individuals in rural Nepal and will highlight relevant policy implications for the country.
Dr. Phanwin Yokying is a Fellow at the East-West Center. She was trained as an applied development economist with specialization in time use data and gender analysis. Her recent publications focus on child labor in Thailand and landownership and women’s empowerment in agriculture in Ghana. Currently, she is studying the impact of migration on the livelihoods and well-being of farmers in rural Nepal and Cambodia. Dr. Yokying has worked as a short-term consultant for International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on a women’s empowerment in agriculture project. She has also worked for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) as a contractor, leading a team of statisticians and a gender specialist from Thailand’s National Statistical Office in conducting policy-relevant research on gender inequality using labor force and time use surveys. She earned her PhD in Economics from American University in 2018.
Each month, the East-West Center Research Program presents an “EWC Insights” seminar that examines an environmental, demographic, or political and economic transformation reshaping the Asia-Pacific region.
MIGRATION AND FAMILY LEFT BEHIND
Time use of children, working-age adults, and the elderly
featuring
Dr. Phanwin Yokying
Research Fellow, East-West Center
While much empirical attention has been devoted to understanding the effect of migration on poverty reduction or other macro-level outcomes, little is known about its impact on labor supply among those who remain at home. Dr. Yokying will share the main findings from her work that quantitatively examines the impacts of migration on time use in paid and unpaid work activities of left-behind individuals in rural Nepal and will highlight relevant policy implications for the country.
Dr. Phanwin Yokying is a Fellow at the East-West Center. She was trained as an applied development economist with specialization in time use data and gender analysis. Her recent publications focus on child labor in Thailand and landownership and women’s empowerment in agriculture in Ghana. Currently, she is studying the impact of migration on the livelihoods and well-being of farmers in rural Nepal and Cambodia. Dr. Yokying has worked as a short-term consultant for International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on a women’s empowerment in agriculture project. She has also worked for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) as a contractor, leading a team of statisticians and a gender specialist from Thailand’s National Statistical Office in conducting policy-relevant research on gender inequality using labor force and time use surveys. She earned her PhD in Economics from American University in 2018.
Each month, the East-West Center Research Program presents an “EWC Insights” seminar that examines an environmental, demographic, or political and economic transformation reshaping the Asia-Pacific region.
