Related Publications: Thailand
Participation of local people in water management
"In the early 1990s, Thailand launched an ambitious program of decentralized governance, conferring greater responsibilities upon sub-district administrations and providing fiscal opportunities for local development planning.
The importance of public investment for reducing rural poverty in middle-income countries
This study estimates the impacts of different types of government expenditure on agricultural growth and rural poverty in Thailand.
Are experience and schooling complementary? evidence from migrants' assimilation in the Bangkok labor market
"This paper models the assimilation process of migrants and shows evidence of the complementarity between their destination experience and upon-arrival human capital.
Technical change, workers' endowment and returns and investments in firm-level training
This paper examines determinants of investments in and returns to training with focus on technical changes and workers' productive endowment, using employee panel data in Thai manufacuring industries.
Parental schooling, endowment and the accumulation of specific human capital
This paper examines the effects of parents’ schooling on wages and tenure of production workers in manufacturing industries in Thailand, using micro data from a recent employee survey.
Are experience and schooling complementary?
"This paper models the assimilation process of migrants and shows evidence of the complementarity between their destination experience and upon-arrival human capital.
Nonmarket networks among migrants
Why do schooling returns differ so much?
This paper examines returns to schooling in Thailand and the Philippines, using recent employee surveys in some manufacturing industries.