ABSTRACT

This research study looks into the effects of migration incidence to the economic

stability which fall under three parameters, namely; unemployment, inflation, and

income fluctuation rates. This paper studies labor migration incidence as a dynamic

phenomenon, motivated by the household’s views on economic opportunities in other

places and how this decision affects the current economic condition in the place of

destination. The data were gathered from different government offices and agencies

where it will be used for theoretical analysis, hypothesis testing and empirical

applications. This paper addresses the question of how migration trends over decades

influence the economic stability, the laborer’s wage rate after the migration occurs, and

how strong the statistical togetherness of migration among three dependent variables.

This paper develops and illustrates a set of tools for empirical work based on theoretical

framework and methodological approach for retrospective analysis. The data were

properly processed in the SPSS for testing the Correlation and Multivariate Analysis of

Variance. Moreover, the empirical results show that migration incidence in Zamboanga

City has statistical significance to the economic stability of the entire Zamboanga

Peninsula. Thus, this thesis explores and proves that migration incidence is one of the

economic phenomena that some state economy should consider to be able to stabilize

the economy.