Introduction

Policy implications may deal with the question of feasible options for influencing pre-existing population distribution and population mobility patterns. The topic of mobility and the urban labor market has attracted a significant amount of research. Since research on intermediate-sized cities is so limited and because little has been accomplished in the way of comparative urban research, this research is viewed as a beginning toward building a body of knowledge about the mobility and employment characteristics and problems in sized cities in one Third World region. A major consideration is the employment patterns of the migrants. Of increasing interest too in employment research is the nature and importance of secondary jobs. Within Southeast Asia the rapid but parallel growth of both rural and urban populations has prevented the attainment of a significant level of urbanization. Within Southeast Asia, the work by Robin J. Pryor, Larry Sternstein, and Mike Douglass, reveals good summaries of the nature and extent of the research.