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1. Maids or mentors? The effects of live-in foreign domestic workers on children's educational achievement in Hong Kong.

Author

Tang, Sam Hak Kan and Yung, Linda Chor Wing

Subjects
*HOUSEHOLD employees, *ACADEMIC achievement, *FOREIGN workers, *EDUCATIONAL outcomes, *SCHOOL children
Abstract

This paper studies the effects of live-in foreign domestic workers (FDWs) on school children's educational outcomes using samples from two population censuses and a survey data set. The evidence consistently points to Filipino FDWs improving the educational outcomes of school children by decreasing their probability of late schooling or increasing their scores of core academic subjects. English-speaking ability and maturity are shown to be the most important assets of the Filipino FDW in improving children's educational outcomes. These findings suggest that FDWs provide an important childrearing service. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2016
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