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Good help is hard to find: The differentiated mobilisation of migrant social capital among Filipino domestic workers

Authors: Paul, Anju Mary
Keywords: Migrant social capital;Domestic work;Migrant labour;Filipinos;Migration decision
Issue Date: 17-Jan-2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Citation: Paul, Anju M. 2013. “Good Help is Hard to Find: Differentiated Mobilization of Migrant Social Capital among Filipino Domestic Workers.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 39(5): 719-739. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.756660
Abstract: Migrant social capital can reduce the costs and risks of migration and thereby increase the likelihood of cumulative migration among network members. However, several ethnographic studies of transnational migrant networks have highlighted repeated and regular instances of current migrants refusing to provide migration assistance to network contacts in the home country. Extending this nascent body of research, this article proposes a multi-factor framework at the individual, dyad, network, job, market and country levels that influences current migrants' helping decisions, particularly when it comes to labour migration assistance. This framework is constructed using interview data from 95 Filipino migrant domestic workers in the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong. These interviews showcase the dynamic and differentiated nature of migrant social-capital mobilisation in terms of the volume, type and conditionality of the assistance provided.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2451/65753
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.756660
Rights: CC BY-NC-ND This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on January 17, 2013, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.756660.
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