Empowering Domestic Workers: A Critical Analysis of the Belgian Service Voucher System

Mousaid, Sarah; Bosmans, Kim; Vanroelen, Christophe

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“…First, domestic enterprises sign contracts with clients to control the workload of their domestic workers and avoid additional unpaid work ( 13 , 14 ). Moreover, the constraints of domestic enterprises placed on clients can effectively improve the bargaining ability of domestic workers ( 15 ). However, the effectiveness of such contracts is a matter of concern because heterogeneity exists among domestic enterprises ( 16 ).…”

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Who would rescue the dilemma of Chinese elderly care? An evolutionary game analysis and simulation research on the formalization of the domestic service industry with subsidy policy

Ren

Chang

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Since China entered the aging society, the surging demand for elderly care and the industrial upgrading of “silver economy” has forced the domestic service industry to face endogenous challenges. Among them, the formalization of the domestic service industry can effectively reduce the transaction costs and risks of actors, innovate the endogenous vitality of the industry, and promote the improvement of elderly care quality through a triangular employment relationship. By constructing a tripartite asymmetric evolutionary game model of clients, domestic enterprises and governmental departments, this study uses the stability theorem of differential equations to explore the influencing factors and action paths of the system's evolutionary stable strategies (ESS), and uses the research data collected from China to assign values to models for simulation analysis. This study finds that the ratio of the initial ideal strategy, the difference between profits and costs, subsidies to clients, and subsidies or punishments for breach of contract to domestic enterprises are the key factors affecting the formalization of the domestic service industry. Subsidy policy programs can be divided into long-term and periodic programs, and there are differences in the influence paths and effects of the key factors in different situations. Increasing domestic enterprises' market share with employee management systems, formulating subsidy programs for clients, and setting up evaluation and supervision mechanisms are efficient ways through which to promote the formalization of the domestic service industry in China. Subsidy policy of governmental departments should focus on improving the professional skills and quality of elderly care domestic workers, and also encourage domestic enterprises with employee management systems at the same time, to expand the scope of service beneficiaries by running nutrition restaurants in communities, cooperating with elderly care institutions, etc.

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Who would rescue the dilemma of Chinese elderly care? An evolutionary game analysis and simulation research on the formalization of the domestic service industry with subsidy policy

Ren

Chang

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…While households with less trust must compensate for these concerns with costly supervision, or even refrain from outsourcing housework entirely, households with higher trust can fully utilize the benefits of outsourcing housework. Hence, state subsidies aiming at incentivizing demand for services by lowering budget constraints – as implemented in several countries via service vouchers (Mousaid et al, 2017; Windebank, 2007) and tax reduction (Bundesministerium Der Justiz, 2009; Windebank, 2007) – might not achieve their objective when these trust issues are not taken into consideration. The professionalization of the service sector, as has been demanded by various sources (International Labour Office, 2016; Pérez and Stallaert, 2016), might help to make domestic help more trustworthy and acceptable.…”

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The role of generalized trust and control in the employment of domestic help – An experimental case study for Germany and the UK

Abraham,

Nisic,

Trübner

et al. 2023

Rationality and Society

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This study analyses the role of generalized trust and control in households’ employment of domestic help. Applying a basic trust game with uncertainty, we argue that households differ in their estimate of the proportion of opportunistic domestic workers, variation which we ascribe to generalized trust. Households with low trust should estimate a lower proportion of non-opportunistic individuals, making them less willing to accept a domestic worker. Control, through direct supervision of the domestic worker, is assumed to serve as a substitute for trust and is expected to increase acceptance. We also consider the role of income, which we expect to alter the relation between the potential losses and gains associated with outsourcing. To test our hypotheses, we use a factorial survey conducted in 2020 in Germany and the UK ( N = 1877) which enables us to explore the robustness of the effects across countries. Experimental results show that individuals are more accepting of domestic outsourcing if they have higher trust, higher income, and if control of the worker is easily possible. Interaction effects reveal that the positive effect of higher trust and higher income is only relevant in lowcontrol situations. This suggest that households with higher trust and income have an advantage when it comes to fully utilizing the benefits of domestic help since costly control is not required. Consequently, the results substantially contribute to existing literature on explaining causes of social inequality in service use beyond financial restrictions and shed light on the complex interplay of trust and control.

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“…Las personas dedicadas al trabajo doméstico, se enfrentan con frecuencia a realizar sus labores bajo circunstancias deficientes y deplorables, refiriéndose hacia aquellas condiciones desfavorables de empleo, tales como contratos fuera de ley, ingresos económicos bajos, horario de trabajo extensos, así como, a las características propias de la labor desempeñada que incluyen tareas de alta demanda física y psicosocial (Mousaid et al, 2017).…”

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Principio de Igualdad en el Trabajo Doméstico: Derecho Comparado

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Salazar-Orozco

2023

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En estudios realizados se respalda que aún existe desigualdad socioeconómica evidenciada en personas que se dedican exclusivamente al trabajo doméstico, concretamente en países de América Latina y el Caribe. En el siguiente trabajo, se comparten reflexiones respecto a diversas situaciones que enfrentan los trabajadores domésticos, quienes cumplen actividades dentro del hogar, abordando las relaciones dentro del mismo, encontrándose casos de vulneración de las condiciones de estabilidad laboral, trayendo en consecuencia precariedad, pérdida de ingresos económicos y afectaciones en el componente afectivo en un alto porcentaje de este grupo de trabajadores a nivel mundial. La metodología empleada fue de tipo cualitativa, sustentada en fuentes secundarias, analizando los datos de forma hermenéutica, en la obtención de resultados cónsonos y pertinentes al tema abordado. Se sostiene entre los resultados que, durante años ha existido vulneración de los derechos a esta clase trabajadora, determinándose una visible precariedad y desigualdad que caracteriza históricamente al sector. En vista de la clara vulneración del derecho de igualdad en Ecuador, se concluye que es necesario, no sólo la promulgación de normas que sancionen el incumplimiento, sino además que, sean divulgadas de manera efectiva a los interesados e interesadas, de manera que conozcan sus derechos y la forma de hacerlos valer

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Empowering Domestic Workers: A Critical Analysis of the Belgian Service Voucher System

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Who would rescue the dilemma of Chinese elderly care? An evolutionary game analysis and simulation research on the formalization of the domestic service industry with subsidy policy

Who would rescue the dilemma of Chinese elderly care? An evolutionary game analysis and simulation research on the formalization of the domestic service industry with subsidy policy

The role of generalized trust and control in the employment of domestic help – An experimental case study for Germany and the UK

Principio de Igualdad en el Trabajo Doméstico: Derecho Comparado

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