菲律賓海外勞工佔菲律賓全國人口總數的10%，每年有約八百萬人在外打工，賺取外匯回國，這些勞工的移出入也格外引人注意。本論文重點著重在以國際勞工觀點來看這一群海外移工，如何在全世界各角落生存；以「人力資源理論」、「推拉理論」、「新古典主義」、「依賴發展理論」等四個相關的論點，來框架分析解釋這一群海外移工的移出入。海外移工在菲律賓素有「國家英雄」之稱，他們在全世界的分工結構、及職業選擇為何，在本論文都有提到。此外，菲國如何設置機構保護這一群移工，皆為本文重點。返鄉後，他們對於原生社會帶來的是什麼樣的影響，在家庭、社會、孩子教養上，是否因為出國打工，而讓這些環境有所改變。最後本論文結尾部分討論，這些海外移工處於一個全球化、人權主義越來越高漲的時代，這一群菲國海外移工如何利用他們有的優勢，讓他們能更習慣在國外生活及工作，也讓雇主國更加重視他們的權益。 Abstract:
The Philippine overseas laborers, approximately 8,000,000 people to work outside, stand at 10% of the Philippine population. They earn foreign exchange for their homeland. In views of international labor, this thesis mainly focuses on how they survive overseas. The views are framed by different perspectives of human resources theory, and developmental dependence theory. The thesis discusses about the status of the Philippine overseas laborers in the global division of labor, the reasons why they choose their occupations, how the Philippine government protects them and help them easily to get accustomed to the foreign environment. The thesis also investigates how they influence their homeland in family life, children’s education, and their communities after they return from overseas for new jobs and life. Finally, the thesis inquires how the Philippine overseas laborers, in the human rights-oriented globalization era, use their advantages to work outside and how the government can serve them to get accustomed to the overseas environment.
