Tags : Migrant Workers in Hong Kong

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Empowerment and Wellness of Migrant Domestic Workers: Explorations for Cross-sector Collaborations between Field & Academic Experts
Migrant domestic workers (MDWs) contribute to Hong Kong society through their care work, and by enabling labour force participation, mainly of Hong Kong women. Many implicitly assume this is “win-win” and that MDWs’ wages translate into short- and longer-term socio-economic gain for them and their ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2023/empowerment-and-wellness-of-migrant-domestic-workers-explorations-for-cross-sector-collaborations-between-field-academic-experts
To Save or Not to Save: Why Do Migrant Domestic Workers Borrow So Much?
Many migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong appear to finance foreseen expenditures through high-interest loans rather than through savings, thereby incurring a sizable cost. MDWs who are financially literate are just as likely to borrow as those who are not; those with savings accounts appear more likely to ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/thought-leadership-briefs/visaria-migrant-workers-borrow-so-much-tlb45
Domestic workers need to feel welcomed in Hong Kong, argues Gietel-Basten on China Daily
Stuart Gietel-Basten, associated professor of social science and public policy at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, expressed his opinion in Chinadaily about recent message of New People's Party legislator Eunice Yung Hoi-yan about improvement of domestic workers' facilities to use during their ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2018/basten-domestic-workers-need-feel-welcomed-hk
The Savings Puzzle: Experimental Evidence from Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
This  research  will  provide  experimental  evidence  for  the  savings  puzzle  in  emerging  economies:  the  phenomenon  where  individuals  forego  cheaper  dissaving  in  favour  of  more  ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2018/sujata-visaria-wooyoung-lim-savings-puzzle-migrant-worker-hong-kong
China Daily: Multi-pronged strategy needed to tackle city’s labor-shortage crisis
In an article published by China Daily Hong Kong, Stuart Gietel-Basten, Associate Professor of Social Science and Public Policy at HKUST, discussed the importance of a more comprehensive study of migrants as a source of the labor force. Hong Kong, like some other Asian economies, is confronting an aging ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2018/gietel-basten-china-daily-multi-pronged-strategy-labor-shortage
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