Under-Valued Human Capital? Returns to Education of Immigrant Foreign Brides in Taiwan

The number of Southeast Asian women getting married to Taiwanese men has soared after 1995. However, because they are from lower economic development countries, these immigrant foreign brides might be at disadvantage in Taiwan's labor market. Using the 2010 "Pingtung Education Longitudinal Survey," we estimate the effects of the factors affecting the occupational situation of native-born and intermarried females and draw the following conclusions. Our empirical results show that education as an important human capital has a positive effect for native-born married females, as native-born women with a higher education are more likely to be employed and to achieve a higher occupational status. However, education is irrelevant to job and occupation when it comes to the immigrant foreign brides, meaning that the labor market ignores their human capital. It also implies that there is social exclusion in their employment and social mobility. Conversely, the number of children is not a key factor affecting the employment situation of immigrant foreign brides, whereas to native-born married females, the more children they have, the lower their occupational status is

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