From Asian to Global Financial Crisis: Recovery Amidst Expanding Labour Precarity

On the Coattails of globalization: migration, migrants and COVID-19 in Asia

“…In this case, rupture provides a lens to examine the reconfigured lifeways of low-wage migrant workers through the extended disruption of a global pandemic. Recent major ruptures in Asia such as the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, various ethnic conflicts and the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 have all led to the repatterning of migration labour within and between nation-states (Lund and Panda 2010;Miller and Bunnell 2013;Lee and Ofreneo 2014). Even in non-pandemic times, the experience of migration can be seen as a kind of 'transnational rupture' (Nolin 2006, 142) for its transformation of the livelihood pathways and social identities of migrant subjects.…”

Catching the mirage: The shadow impact of financial crises

“…Roca et al (2001) conclude that lower wage premium in the official economy triggers expansion in the underground economy, which leads to larger fluctuations in the official economy. In addition, Vaillant et al (2014) and Lee and Ofreneo (2014) examine the underground adjustments in tough times. Vaillant et al (2014) find that after growth was hit hard by a political crisis in Madagascar in 2004, the informal sector has proved to be a labour-absorbing function.…”

“…Vaillant et al (2014) find that after growth was hit hard by a political crisis in Madagascar in 2004, the informal sector has proved to be a labour-absorbing function. Lee and Ofreneo (2014) study the Asian labour markets adjustments in two crisis times; Asian crises and global financial crises. They find that labour markets continue to be characterised by informal, vulnerable and precarious employment, even in recovery times.…”

Precarity and clinical determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour and antibiotic use in rural Laos and Thailand

“…[35][36][37][38] Precarity in various forms has been highlighted in the region as well, 39 40 whereby large parts of working populations remain excluded from social welfare schemes; informal agricultural work alternates with off-season casual labour (eg, in factories) and gradual environmental degradation and the expanded presence of industry and international companies exacerbate precarious livelihoods. [41][42][43][44] These circumstances have been associated with potentially detrimental forms of healthcare-seeking behaviour, such as unsupervised self-medication. 45…”