IJBE (Integrated Journal of Business and Economics)
Vol 10, No 3 (2026): Integrated Journal of Business and Economics

The Impact of International Female Labour Migration on Household Socio-Economic Status in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic

Luluk Fadliyanti (University of Mataram)
Diswandi Diswandi (University of Mataram)
Mansur Afifi (University of Mataram)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Sep 2026

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the impact of women's international migration on households' social and economic status after the COVID-19 pandemic in East Lombok district, as a contributing district to migrant women's labour in West Nusa Tenggara province. This study uses a quantitative approach with the Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) analysis technique on 100 female former migrant worker respondents. The results showed that family social support and working conditions in the destination country significantly influenced the improvement of household economic status. In contrast, the economic motivation of migration did not directly have a significant effect. In addition, family social support and household economic status significantly affected household social status. In contrast, migration's working conditions and economic motivation were not significantly influenced. Another important finding is that household economic status is a significant mediator between migration economic motivation and household social status, but does not mediate the influence of social support or working conditions.

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IJBE

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Humanities Social Sciences

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Integrated Journal of Business and Economics (IJBE) is intended to be the journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research on economics. IJBE invites manuscripts in the various topics include, but not limited to, topics covered include: Entrepreneurship, electronic markets Services, ...