An Empirical Analysis of Employment Factors among Foreign Spouses in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Huang, Ya-Lin, 黃雅鈴
• Other Authors: Ho, Shu-Hsi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48842059068111843983

碩士 === 嶺東科技大學 === 國際企業研究所 === 99 === Transnational marriage has gradually become a new social phenomenon in Taiwan. With the increasing immigration, population structure is gradually changing in Taiwan. Job opportunities of the nationals are also crowded out by this immigration. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to explore the type of employment and influence factors of foreign spouses among transnational marriages in Taiwan. Data was obtained from the Survey of Foreign and Mainland Chinese Spouses’ Living Demand in Taiwan, a study conducted in 2003 that encompassed observations on 32,559 foreign spouses with steady jobs. A logistic regression model was used to do empirical analysis. After controlling for potentially confounding variables, the empirical results show that relatively younger and higher education are more likely to engage in service and public administration than those older and lower education peers. Foreign spouses living in urban are more likely to engage in the industrial, service and public administration. Regarding to family factors, foreign spouses living with parents-in-law are more likely to engage in the agriculture. Mainland Chinese spouses with many children show higher probability in the industry. Nevertheless, it shows higher probabilities in the agriculture for non-mainland Chinese spouses. Non-mainland Chinese spouses with steady household income and the native spouses with stable jobs show significant effects in the industry but for the agriculture. Finally, for the many explanatory variables, the non-mainland Chinese spouses show significant effects in industry and services. The result breaks the traditional views in Taiwan. Research results should be useful in developing strategies targeting employment for the target group.