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Global Nurse Migration & Labor Market Impacts

Global Nurse Migration & Domestic Labor Market Impacts – Systematically analyzing the domestic labor market consequences of Indonesia’s emerging role as a major exporter of professional nurses.

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Balancing Global Opportunities with Domestic Sustainability

Projecting Labor Market Impacts of Indonesia’s Transition to a Nurse Exporting Nation (PELITA) is an interdisciplinary research project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.

As global demand for nurses rises, many low- and middle-income countries are strategically deploying their workforce abroad. While this creates economic and other opportunities, it also raises concerns about adverse health labor market impacts at home. Indonesia is at a turning point, with recent policy set to significantly increase nurse migration, offering a rare opportunity to study impacts on the health system in real time.

 
In close collaboration with key policy makers, we examine changes in the nursing education landscape and quality, in student characteristics and preferences, and in graduate labor market readiness and entry patterns, complimented by an in-depth analysis of migration policy genesis, evolution, and implementation. Using an integrated longitudinal mixed-methods design, we draw on six primary and secondary data sources, including a large cohort of training institutions, nursing students, and graduates.

“PELITA aims to inform stakeholders on how Indonesia’s transition can be governed to maximize benefits while safeguarding the resilience of the domestic health care system.”

Impacts & Sustainable Development Goals

No Poverty

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Good Health and Well-being

Supporting sustainable health workforce planning to ensure availability and distribution.

Quality Education

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Enhancing job quality, professional development, and labor incentives.

Reduced Inequality

Modeling distributional consequences to specific regions and promote inclusive outcomes.

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Cross-continental collaboration for equitable knowledge co-production.

Project Activities

A comprehensive understanding of nurse labor market transformation through four interrelated objectives.

Policy Evolution

Exploring the genesis of policy, its evolution over time, and implementation. Focusing on the role of research evidence and how policies translate into practice.

Educational Institutions

Examining changes in curricula and institutional strategies. How educational institutions adapt to internationalization pressures to better prepare future nurses.

Students

Analyzing transformations in students’ competencies, career aspirations, and professional identities. The student perspective as a link to labor market outcomes.

Labor Market Entry

Assessing the transition to employment, alignment of competencies with needs, and employability in increasingly internationalized labor markets.

Integrated Mixed-Methods Research

Combining data-driven analysis of labor markets, workforce data harmonization, and quantitative projection models with qualitative interviews and stakeholder dialogues.

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PELITA Project Advisory Panel Kick-off Meeting and Stakeholder Consultation Marks the Start of International Research Collaboration

Jakarta, January 6, 2026 – The PELITA Project Advisory Panel Kick-off Meeting and Stakeholder Consultation was held at the Gran Melia Hotel, Jakarta, officially launching a five-year international research project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany. The meeting brought together high-level representatives from key government institutions, professional associations, international organizations, educational institutions, and the private sector to discuss the project’s direction and policy

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Have questions about the project or interested in collaboration? Reach out to our leads.

Prof. Dr. Julia Lohmann (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

julia.lohmann@ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de

Prof. Ferry Efendi, S.Kep., Ns., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Universitas Airlangga)

ferry-e@fkp.unair.ac.id

Prof. Rini Rachmawaty, S.Kep., Ns., MN., Ph.D. (Universitas Hasanuddin)

rini.rachmawaty@unhas.ac.id