This article examines the processes involved in the acquisition and transfer of human capital by Filipino overseas workers. The education/labor market has been flexible in meeting foreign demands for skills, with significant increases in medical schools, nursing schools, and maritime training institutions. Homeward transmission of human capital when overseas workers return depends largely on whether skills acquired on-the-job overseas have domestic application. In the four major occupational groupings (seamen, production/construction workers, domestic helpers and entertainers), little homeward transmission of human capital has been identified.
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