Outsourcing household production: foreign domestic workers and native labor supply in Hong Kong/ created by Patricia Cortes

By:

Cortes, Patricia [author]

Contributor(s):

Pan, Jessica [co author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Journal of labor economics ; Volume 31 , number 2 , part 1.Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

0734306X

Subject(s):

Domestic workers -- Labour supply

LOC classification:

HD5706 JOU

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Abstract: We explore how the availability of affordable live-in help provided by foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong affected native women’s labor supply and welfare. First, we exploit differences in the FDW program between Hong Kong and Taiwan. Second, we use cross-sectional variation in the cost of a FDW to estimate a model of labor force participation and FDW hire. FDWs increased the participation of mothers with a young child (relative to older children) by 10–14 percentage points and have generated a monthly consumer surplus of US$130–US$200. By reducing child care costs through immigration, this is a market-based alternative to child care subsidies.

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We explore how the availability of affordable live-in help provided by foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong affected native women’s labor supply and welfare. First, we exploit differences in the FDW program between Hong Kong and Taiwan. Second, we use cross-sectional variation in the cost of a FDW to estimate a model of labor force participation and FDW hire. FDWs increased the participation of mothers with a young child (relative to older children) by 10–14 percentage points and have generated a monthly consumer surplus of US$130–US$200. By reducing child care costs through immigration, this is a market-based alternative to child care subsidies.

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