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CPS2476 Tite Habiyakare et al.
Caution on the results
The sampling design for the Lao PDR LFS 2017 was aimed at estimating
reliable employment and unemployment statistics for the country. Sample
allocation such as by urban and rural areas and by provinces was based on
this requirement. However, migrants do not come equally from all provinces,
and this consideration was not used during the survey sampling design. To
provide better estimates on migrant workers, basic information on
international migration should be used in the sampling design.
The actual sample size after completion of the survey includes some 52,166
individual cases, with 1,612 cases as return migrants (3.1 per cent of the
sample), and only 284 cases are return migrant workers from paid employment
(0.5 per cent of the overall sample of individual cases). Some disaggregation
of data from this pilot may therefore not be statistically significant due to small
sample size, and we have limited the disaggregation to fewer categories when
presenting results.

3. Results
In this paper we present selected results of the pilot test, starting with a
summary on recruitment costs, earnings, and the RCI. We then look at the
structure (distribution) of recruitment costs and earnings, and finally present
data for the main corridor (Thailand), as well as for the skill levels of migrant
workers (low- versus high-skilled migrant workers).
Summary results
A summary of main results on return migrant workers, recruitment costs,
monthly earnings, and the RCI, is presented below.

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