Der Gender Pay Gap ist ein vielschichtiges historisches Phänomen. Es ist verknüpft mit ungleichen Bewertungen von Arbeit auf den Arbeitsmärkten, mit Geschlechterbildern, die sich im Zeitverlauf nur langsam wandeln, und einer ungleichen Verteilung von Haus-, Sorge- und Erwerbsarbeit. Die...

Southeast Asian foreign domestic workers have been working in neighboring middle- and high-income countries. Many are subject to multifaceted abuses exercised by governmental agencies, employers and among others. This article presents different forms of abuses faced by these foreign domestic...

Despite their predictable and regular incomes, Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, China commonly finance large expenses through interest-bearing loans rather than savings. Our analysis of survey data and records of a credit cooperative for migrant workers suggests that this cannot be...

El trabajo doméstico remunerado ha sido tradicionalmente en América Latina una importante fuente de ocupación para las mujeres, principalmente para aquellas provenientes de hogares pobres, indígenas y afrodescendientes y de sectores rurales, en un entrecruzamiento de desigualdades de...

This paper is a study of the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee viz., the domestic worker. It probes into the international conventions and Indian laws that are concerned with such work. It winds up by cautioning the legislative and legal fraternities to ensure that...

European countries have increasingly adopted wage subsidies for the sector of domestic services to reduce low-skilled unemployment. Yet, empirical evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. In this paper, we use Belgian administrative data to estimate how participation in the subsidized domestic...

Este documento ilustra la situación de especial vulnerabilidad que atraviesan las trabajadoras domésticas en América Latina y el Caribe, poniendo en relieve los impactos de la actual crisis provocada por el COVID-19. A su vez, describe las medidas impulsadas por los actores sociales e...

This paper investigates the impact of fathers' flexible working hours on their willingness to contribute to domestic work. We first hypothesize that fathers will contribute more if they have the possibility to work flexible hours. Second, fathers are assumed to contribute less if their female...