This paper aims to strengthen the evidence base on the employment of migrant workers, the employment of Malaysian workers, and the automatability of tasks performed within occupations in Malaysia. It provides an updated analysis on the relationship between immigration and labor market outcomes of Malaysians. This paper also analyzes the relative automatability of tasks performed by migrant and native workers, which has implications on employment. Findings show a generally positive relationship between immigration and the employment outcomes of Malaysian workers. Further, migrant workers are more likely to perform tasks that are automatable even when compared to Malaysian workers with similar qualifications. Importantly, given that Malaysian workers make up a much larger share of the workforce, the adoption of automation technologies will ultimately have a substantive impact on Malaysians workers. This potential impact can be mitigated by a strengthening of active labor market policies. Also, strengthening the foreign worker management system towards being more demand-driven would be a worthwhile endeavor.
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- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Migration, Automation, and the Malaysian Labor Market . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42388 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1596/42388
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34417449
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34417449
- Pages
- 47
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- United States of America
- Region country
- Malaysia
- Report
- 194504
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- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
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- World Bank
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- Social Protection & Labor EAP (HEASP)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42388
- date disclosure
- 2024-11-08
- region administrative
- East Asia and Pacific
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction 3
- 2. An overview of Malaysias migration policies 6
- 3. The role of migrant workers in the Malaysian labor market 9
- 4. The potential for automation in Malaysia 18
- 5. How automatable are tasks performed by migrant workers 20
- 5.1 Analyzing the task content of jobs as an indication of automatability based on the Acemoglu and Autor 2011 approach 24
- 5.2 Analyzing the routine task intensity of jobs based on Lewandowski Park and Schottes 2023 routine task intensity scores 28
- 5.3 Analyzing the automatability of jobs based on Frey and Osbornes 2017 computerization scores 30
- 6. Summary of findings and concluding remarks 33
- References 36
- Annex 1 Analyzing the relationship between the share of migrant workers with labor market outcomes of Malaysians 38
- 푏 푏 푏 41
- 풔풌풊풍풍품풓풐풖풑 41
- 풔풌풊풍풍품풓풐풖풑 풚풆풂풓 41
- 푎푔푒푐푖푡 푎푔푒푛표푛푐푖푡 41
- 푦푒푎푟 41
- Annex 2 Acemoglu and Autors 2011 task-based approach 42
- Annex 3 Schotte Park and Lewandowskis 2023 routine task intensity RTI scores 44
- Annex 4 Frey and Osbornes 2017 occupation-based approach 46
