Thailand's economic transformation from an agricultural to an industrial economy in the 1960s reduced the demand for labor on farms and, in the meantime, increased the demand for unskilled labor in the factories.Tonguthai 1998 As a result, unskilled female laborers migrate from poor rural areas to the urban areas to work for minimum wages or less, as can be seen in female workers tendency to concentrate in low-paid, low-skilled occupations.
