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Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong

Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong

Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong

We explore how the availability of affordable live-in help provided by foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong affected na- tive women's labor supply ...

Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong

As expected, the utility of working outside of the household is increasing in the market wage. The magnitude of the coefficient suggests that a 10% increase in ...

Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong

By Patricia Cortés and Jessica Pan; Abstract: We explore how the availability of affordable live-in help provided by foreign domestic ...

The Demand for Foreign Domestic Helpers and Native Labor Supply ...

In Hong Kong, foreign domestic workers (FDWs) account for 6 percent of the labor force and among households with young children, more than one in three hires at ...

The Demand for Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor ...

This paper explores how the widespread availability of FDWs in Hong Kong a¤ected native women's labor supply decisions and welfare. Our empirical strategy is ...

Foreign domestic workers and native labor supply in Hong Kong

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Foreign Domestic Workers and Native Labor Supply in Hong Kong ...

The papers herein argue that, just as in HK, Taiwan, Singapore and some Middle East countries, FDHs facilitate the employment of local women (mostly) and ...

Foreign Domestic Helpers Hiring and Women's Labor Supply in ...

Abstract Based on the data from Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD), this article investigates the effect of hiring foreign domestic helpers ...

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Demand for Foreign Domestic Helpers and Native Labor Supply in ...

Migration of women as domestic workers from developing to developed countries is a growing phenomenon. In Hong Kong, foreign domestic workers (FDWs) account ...

Demand for Foreign Domestic Helpers and Native Labor Supply in ...

In Hong Kong, foreign domestic workers (FDWs) account for 6 percent of the labor force and among households with young children, more than one ...

Immigration, Household Production, and Native Women's Labor ...

Outsourcing household production: Foreign domestic workers and native labor supply in Hong Kong. Journal of Labor Economics, 31(2):327–371. Cortés, P. and ...

Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women

Taking a different approach, researchers have also found a link between foreign-born domestic workers and the labor supply decisions of highly educated native- ...

Impact of foreign domestic workers on the fertility decision of ...

Hong Kong has a long history of outsourcing household chores to FDWs to relieve the monetary and opportunity costs of child-rearing. In 1973, ...

Immigration, household production, and native women's labor ...

There are more than 12 million foreign domestic workers in the world today; most of them are women. They represent 7.7% of all migrant workers and 17.2% of all ...

Having Moved and the Likelihood of hiring a FDW - ResearchGate

In Hong Kong, foreign domestic workers (FDWs) account for 6 percent of the labor force and among households with young children, more than one in three hires ...

Much Ado About Nothing? Do Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong ...

Although the effects of foreign domestic workers' bargaining power on their labor market outcome is constrained due to their unique migrant ...

Hong Kong Hurts Itself By Financially Excluding Foreign Domestic ...

Some 385,000 foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are employed in Hong Kong, 69.9 percent from the Philippines. FDWs comprised 10 percent of the ...

Foreign domestic helpers and evolving care duties in Hong Kong.

With the support of FDHs, local married females are released for productive work in the labour market, raising the living standard of the ...

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign domestic workers in ...

This study explores the unique experiences of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong, and how COVID-19 impacted their health and economic wellbeing.