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>In the developed world You mean the western world. The UAE has one of the highest GDPs per capita globally and yet for $1000/month you could hire a full-time
by logicchains 3y ago
>In the developed world
You mean the western world. The UAE has one of the highest GDPs per capita globally and yet for $1000/month you could hire a full-time live-in nanny. The difference is western countries generally have much stricter restrictions on immigration from poorer countries, and high minimum wages.
- jamiek88 3y agoNo, just cos you can exploit some poor Sri Lankan woman in the Middle East doesn’t make that a solution everywhere. Leaving their own children to raise someone else’s while being treated like a middle ages servant is absolutely not what we should be encouraging. I work with a non profit that helps those women escape those places once their passport is stolen. Not all ‘masters and ma’ams’ are abusive but a large percentage are.
- Terr_ 3y agoThat reminds me of living in Hong Kong in the '90s, I think the number one job title of the entire workforce went to "Amahs"--live-in maids/housekeepers--generally women from the Philippines and remitting money back home, often to children they seldom see. Not nearly as terrible as what I hear about places like Dubai today, but the workers in HK still preferred to be employed by visiting westerners since it meant better treatment.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoAny country where you can easily utilize undeveloped/developing world labor is going to have cheaper labor costs for unskilled or semi-skilled work. So Singapore, Hong Kong get this advantage also.