Industrialization’s rural dislocation and falling fertility created Asia’s migrant labor demand

Evidence

From the 1980s, there was an upsurge in labor migration within Asia. The international movements were often linked to internal migrations, such as the huge rural-urban movements in China. The dislocation of rural production and social structures through industrialization, the “Green Revolution,” and warfare forced people to leave the countryside. Rapid industrial and urban growth in the NICs created an enormous demand for labor. Improved living standards in these countries were generally followed by declines in fertility, creating both economic and demographic need for immigrants. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3876

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3876