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Exploitation and the decision to migrate : the role of abuse and unfavorable working conditions in filipina domestic workers' desire to return abroad
Naufal, George; Malit, Froilan T. <Jr.> - 2018
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries host at least 2.4 million foreign domestic workers, who are legally … attention has been paid to absconding foreign domestic workers and the complex role abuse plays in determining their future … migration. Paradoxically, absconding domestic workers who have been financially abused are more likely to want to return and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881581
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Addressing informality, gender and ethnicity in domestic labour : lessons from recent Spanish legislation
Pla-Julián, Isabel - In: Transfer : European review of labour and research ; … 20 (2014) 4, pp. 559-575
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308754
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Impact of foreign maids on female labor force participation in Malaysia
Tan, Peck-leong; Gibson, John K. - In: Asian economic journal : journal of the East Asian … 27 (2013) 2, pp. 163-183
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Assessing the labor conditions of migrant domestic workers in the Arab Gulf states
Blaydes, Lisa - In: ILR review : a publication of the New York State School … 76 (2023) 4, pp. 724-747
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014325194
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Migration, gender, and farming systems in Asia : evidence, data, and knowledge gaps
Mueller, Valerie; Kovarik, Chiara; Sproule, Kathryn; … - 2015
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Pyramid subcontracting and moral detachment : down-sourcing risk and responsibility in the management of transnational labour in Asia
Wise, Amanda - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 24 (2013) 3, pp. 433-455
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Building China : precarious employment among migrant construction workers
Swider, Sarah - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 29 (2015) 1, pp. 41-59
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Asymmetric information under the Kafala sponsorship system : impacts on foreign domestic workers' income and employment status in the GCC countries
Malit, Froilan T. <Jr.>; Naufal, George - 2016
This paper examines the legal and policy implications of information asymmetry on foreign domestic workers employed … methodological research on GCC migration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476493
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Placement and/or protection? : Singapore's labour policies and practices for temporary women migrant workers
Devasahayam, Theresa W. - In: Journal of the Asia Pacific economy 15 (2010) 1, pp. 45-58
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971121
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Low-skilled immigration and parenting investments of college-educated mothers in the United States : evidence from time-use data
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - 2013
This paper uses several decades of US time-diary surveys to assess the impact of low-skilled immigration, through lower prices for commercial child care, on parental time investments. Using an instrumental variables approach that accounts for the endogenous location of immigrants, we find that...
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