Researchers estimate that 83% of native-born workers in rich countries benefit materially when immigrants arrive
to a better life is full of pot-holes. Fourteen years ago Listi Dewi, Idrus’s older sister, saw an advertisement for a job working in a restaurant. Her family needed money and the recruiter made golden promises. So she took a long bus ride from her village in central Java to a town near the Indonesian coast.
She now washes, cooks and cleans for two teachers, and looks after their children. The pay is good, she says: S$700 a month, plus bed and board in their comfortable flat with a shared swimming pool. Since she has few living expenses, she can save or send home most of her wages.The costs and benefits of low-skilled migration are complex. The migrants themselves benefit—otherwise they would not leave. Those who employ them benefit. Those who compete with migrants for jobs may not be so lucky.
For the migrants themselves, the biggest cost of moving is often emotional. Leaving home means leaving behind family, friends and one’s own culture. For Listi, there is an extra cost. In Singapore foreigners who make more than S$6,000 a month are allowed to bring their families, but low-paid workers like her are not.
Listi’s family sometimes went hungry before she went to Singapore. Now, thanks partly to the money she sends home, they are thriving. They have built a neat new home in Bumiayu, with a shop attached to the front selling noodles, spices, cigarettes, soap and other household goods. Visitors are treated to a heaped assortment of cakes made of rice, palm sugar and coconut flakes.
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
A Texas family was told to remove their Christmas decorations because it's too earlyAfter putting up Christmas decorations on November 1, Nick Simonis and his wife Claudia received a letter from their HOA demanding they take down the decor until closer to the holiday. Claudia Simonis is 8 months pregnant and her due date is Christmas Day.
Baca lebih lajut »
Happiness: Is your glass half full?The health benefits of training your brain to be happy.
Baca lebih lajut »
HSN’s Best in Beauty Week Is a Pre-Black Friday Event You Shouldn’t SkipGet up to 50 percent off Benefit, Too Faced and more.
Baca lebih lajut »
Ford's UAW members vote to ratify new four-year contractThe United Auto Workers union said on Friday that rank-and-file members at Ford ...
Baca lebih lajut »
South Africa's SAA workers start strike that could cripple airlineWorkers at South African Airways (SAA) downed tools on Friday in a strike over w...
Baca lebih lajut »