Analisis Ekonomi Pekerja Migran Indonesia dalam Memilih Jenis Pekerjaan pada BP3MI Provinsi Jawa Barat

Abstract

This article presents the results of economic research on Indonesian migrant workers in choosing the type of work. Primary data were obtained through a survey of prospective migrant workers managed by the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency of West Java Province. The data explored represent the economic, social, demographic, and institutional aspects of migration, with mixed data properties, namely nominal, ordinal and multinomial. The qualitative limited dependent variable (QLDV) econometric method was used to estimate the multinomial logit equation. The results of the marginal effects estimation found that education level, wage level in the destination country, lack of job opportunities in the place of residence, experience working as a migrant worker, domestic wages, and the existence of income from household members other than husband and wife explained the decision to choose the type of job to work. The probability of choosing the operator/factory occupation is 0.3954, which is greater than other occupations. With a high school education level and an overseas wage of IDR 15.26 million per month.