Empowering Migrant Workers: A Field Experiment among Filipino Maids in Singapore
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1 Empowering Migrant Workers: A Field Experiment among Filipino Maids in Singapore Slesh A Shrestha, NUS (with Dean Yang, University of Michigan)
2 Introduction International labor mobility 232 million international migrants, representing 3.1 percent of the global population More than 90 percent of all international migrants are workers and their families 48 percent of all international migrants are women, who are increasingly migrating for work Remittance flow of US$400 billion in 2012
3 Introduction Transnational labor market Source: International Migration Outlook 2011, Migration Polic
4 Introduction Transnational job search Employees Incomplete information on wages, job vacancies, and qualifications Employers Incomplete information on productivity and skills Suboptimal employment outcomes Suboptimal hiring
5 Introduction Migrants in foreign labor market Provide factual information on labor market conditions To migrants In their foreign country of employment Effect on job search and employment outcomes
6 Introduction Providing such information improves Employment outcomes Intentions/expectations/bargaining power Knowledge No effect on search behavior Effect realized through increase in knowledge Local labor laws Local labor market conditions (wages)
7 Introduction Migrants in foreign labor market Immigrants as a share of national labor force Australia : 27% Canada : 21% United States: 16% Singapore : 38% (21% excluding FDWs and construction)
8 Literature review International migration and labor market Destination country Effect on market wage Borjas (2003) Card (1990) Effect on female labor supply Cortes and Pan (2013) Effect on innovation and productivity Borjas and Doran (2012) Kerr and William (2010)
9 Literature review International migration and labor market Migrants and job search Selection/quantity of immigrants Immigrants usually come with/tied to a job H1B category requires sponsor employer in the US Skill-selective immigration policies Search is imperfect and costly Suboptimal outcomes for both employer and employee Lack of information on wages and vacancies [Beam, 2014] High cost [Beam, McKenzie and Yang, 2014] Risk [Bryan, Chowdhury, and Mobarak, 2014]
10 Literature review Employer-foreign employee job match Employers and employees rely on middle men/labor agencies to perform the match 90% of employers of FDW use employment agency Based on a list of few characteristics provided by the employer and employee 74% use standard FDW bio-data But only half of them go on to interview maids In some cases, employment agencies incentive could be misaligned resulting on poor matching Hong Kong
11 Literature review Standard job search model Incomplete information about job vacancies, wages and other market conditions Employees use their search experience to gather information about labor market Learn from their past search experiences Update their beliefs about the true distribution of offers Ability to search for jobs important when information on labor market is unavailable or difficult to acquire Take rational choice in uncertain environment Acceptable terms and conditions of employment
12 Literature review: job search model Sequential stopping approach Worker receives wage/job offer one at a time Has to decide whether to take the offer or reject the offer and keep searching What determines the workers decision of whether the offer at hand is fair? Based on the past offers obtained to date
13 Literature review: job search model Bad initial offer by random luck leads to Different updating of worker s beliefs Lowers acceptable or reservation wage Future search behavior Explains why individuals who happen to experience a longer unemployment spell (bad draws of offer) have lower reemployment rates and wages Burdett and Vishwanath (1988) Addison and Portugal (1989) Falk, Huffman, and Sunde (2006) Gonzalez and Shin (2010) Active labor market programs Employment services that provide job-search assistance and labor market information
14 Literature review: job search model Lack of knowledge about true job/wage distribution in the labor market Incomplete information/knowledge frictions Lack of social networks in foreign country Inability to search Labor mobility restrictions for migrants In HK, when FDWs find new employer after their contract ended prematurely, they have to leave the country to apply for new permit Relaxing Kafila system improved wages in UAE» Naidu, Nyarko, and Wang (2014) Lack of knowledge about mobility/transfer laws De facto labor restriction In Singapore, we find that only 10% of our sample FDWs knew about transfer laws
15 Literature review Low reservation offer abuse/exploitation Deaths of construction workers in Qatar 237 Indian nationals in Indian nationals in Nepalese nationals in 2013 Average work hours of FDWs in Middle East 108 hours per week in Bahrain 101 hours per week in Kuwait Reported abuse cases of FDWs in Singapore 157 abuse cases in cases in 2007
16 Literature review: FDWs Response: regulating/restricting recruitment in source country Nepal banned women under the age of 30 from travelling to Gulf countries for work in 2012 Shift towards illegal channel (via India) Philippines introduced minimum wage requirement in 2006 In our data, more than 30 percent of Filipina FDWs in Singapore report earning less than that Response: regulating domestic sector in destination country Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia introduced minimum wage and required off-days Informal and unstructured nature of household work makes it impractical to set explicit standards and monitor them FDWs are not covered by the Employment Act Prefers the free market to determine the wages and other conditions of employment (Yeoh et al, 1999)
17 Background: FDWs Where do they come from? Philippines : 150,000 (35% of its overseas workforce) Sri Lanka : 120,000 (45% of its overseas workforce) Indonesia : 66% of those migrating Who are they? Mostly females Not necessarily uneducated 60 percent of our sample FDWs had college degree Two year fixed term contract (with renewal) FDWs in Singapore 215,000 FDWs currently working in Singapore 1 in every 5 households First granted FDW work permits in 1978 More than 1,000 licensed maid agencies Recruitment and employment of FDWs governed by the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act
18 Background: FDWs in Singapore Employment of Foreign Manpower Act FDWs must be female Have completed at least 8 years of education Originate from approved list of countries Employers must have income and needs to hire FDW One time security bond of $5000 Monthly levy of $265 Personal accident and medical insurance for FDW Provide acceptable accommodation, safe working environment No minimum wage, working hours and other benefit requirements
19 Background: FDWs in Singapore Employment of Foreign Manpower Act Allowed to transfer in the middle or end of their contract With an approval from their current employer New employer will file for a new work permit Keeps working for the current employer till the new work permit is approved by the MoM Not required to leave the country before starting the new contract Do not have to pay any transfer fee to the government Current employer can hire new FDW once transfer is complete Statistics on transfer rate not available Mean share of FDWs with more than two transfers is 3% Mean retention rate (% of its FDWs that have remained employed with the same employer for one year or more) is 42%
20 Experiment Sample Filipina migrants who are working in Singapore as domestic workers and are eligible for transfer 303 FDWs Study area Around Lucky Plaza every Sunday from early June 2013 to late September 2013 Attrition 153 FDWs successfully contacted via phone after 6 months Retention rate of 60 percent Not different across treatment and control
21 Experiment Treatment Verbal and written information Singapore laws about FDW transfers Instructions and forms to apply for transfer Information on actual job vacancies Job posting website called DWJobs.com 10 most recent postings in a flyer Each posting comes with offered wage and benefits, brief job description and requirements, and contact information of the employer
22 Experiment JOB POSTING 1: Domestic Helper on Transfer Wanted Immediately Contact Number: Salary: S$ 550 Property Type: Landed Area: Seletar Skills Required: Cooking, Housekeeping Description: Good & total housekeeping and some cooking for family of 4 adults. Prefer English speaking, honest, committed, clean and hardworking. off-day every week, own room plus bathroom. JOB POSTING 2: Filipino Helper Needed Contact Number: Salary: S$ 520 Property Type: Landed Area: Steven Rd Skills Required: Marketing, Cooking, Housekeeping Description: Able to communicate in English, Independent, and Honest. JOB POSTING 3: Looking for a Transfer Helper Contact Number: Salary: S$ Property Type: Landed Area: Yio Chu Kang Skills Required: Elder Care, Marketing, Cooking Description: A local family of six adults staying in 3 storey landed house around Lentor/Yio Chu Kang area looking for a transfer helper. She is required to do mainly the household chores and preferably able to cook well. Ability to speak a little mandarin will be an added advantage. Willing to pay to a good, honest and hardworking helper! Interested please call Raymond Hp JOB POSTING 4: Looking for a Helper Who Has Got Good Cooking Skills Contact Number: Salary: Negotiable Property Type: Condo Area: Singapore Skills Required: Cooking Description: I m looking for a helper which is good in cooking and baking. call me if you are thank you JOB POSTING 5: Australian Expat Family Looking for Help Contact Number: Salary: S$ Property Type: Landed Area: Eastwood Village Skills Required: Child Care, Pet Care, Housekeeping, Infant Care Description: We are an Australian family new to Singapore with a pet dog, an 18 month old boy and a baby due in August. We have recently moved into a 5 bedroom landed property on the Upper East Coast and are seeking assistance in the following duties: Infant Care of our new baby; Child care of our 18 month old son; Housekeeping (including ironing); Marketing and cooking. We are looking for a helper who: Has at least two years experience with infant and child care (a must); Is good with dogs; Has a happy nature and loves children; Speaks english well; Has at least 4 years experience (some with Expat families); Is in her 30 s or early 40 s and has the energy to look after a 18 month old boy; Is genuinely interested in being a part of our family for the foreseeable future. All Sunday s and public holidays are off. Previous employer references are required. If you are interested please contact me via the following with your name and transfer date and we will contact you soon regarding an interview: ggillin@hotmail.com or Phone: or Text: Regards, Greg.
23 Experiment Treatment Improves knowledge of transfer laws Improves knowledge of market conditions True job/wage distribution in Singapore Decreases search cost Make it easier by providing job posting flyers Salience
24 Findings
25 Findings Baseline characteristics 60% have college degree 30% report being paid less than minimum wage set by the Philippine government 80% talk to their friends on phone 15% have worked on off-days 30% report being unsatisfied with employer 18% have switched employer in the last year 12% report looking for new employer 80% report that they would not look for new employer in the next 6 months 10% could correctly answer all transfer laws
26 Findings
27 Findings Improvement on employment outcomes Share of FDWs who experienced an improvement in work hours increased by 9.29 percentage points 10% increase over the average improvement among control FDWs No effect on actual job switching Improvement on intention/bargain outcomes Share of FDWs who report that they would ask for better working hours increased by 13.6 percentage points Treated FDWs are 3 times more likely to negotiate for better working hours in the next 6 months
28 Findings
29 Findings Improvement on employment outcomes Improvement on intention/bargain outcomes No effect on search outcomes/propensity Consistent with no effect on job switching Maybe decreasing search costs is not the channel Improvement on knowledge of transfer laws Knowing that one has other outside options improves their reservation offer Increase bargaining with their current employer Does treatment affect FDWs who are most vulnerable? Any additional evidence on knowledge channel?
30 Experiment
31 Findings Improvement on employment outcomes Improvement on intention/bargain outcomes No effect on search outcomes/propensity Improvement on knowledge of transfer laws Treatment improves employment outcomes of FDWs who might have been matched with a suboptimal employer Also increases job switching among these FDWs Treatment has no impact on employment outcomes of FDWs with already complete knowledge about Singapore laws in baseline
32 Extensions Frictions on labor mobility/information worsen employment outcomes Government interventions could help labor markets work more efficiently Relying on market-friendly government actions could be more effective in curbing labor abuse/exploitation Ministry of Manpower Settling-In-Program for FDWs Shares information on Singapore laws Limited to new arrivals One time But more active and engaged information dissemination initiatives could prove helpful
33 Thank you
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