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减少劳工虐待意识的提升：一项针对移民家政工人权利意识运动的实验检验
Growing Awareness to Reduce Labor Abuse: An Experimental Test of a Migrant Domestic Workers’ Rights Awareness Campaign
摘要
Migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are highly vulnerable to labor abuse. Usinga survey and randomized controlled trial conducted in Hong Kong, this studyinvestigates MDWs’ labor experiences and the potential of rights awarenesscampaigns to mitigate labor abuse. The campaigns increased public knowledgeof MDWs’ rights and reduced the social acceptability of MDWs’ mistreatment.To the extent that improving knowledge about MDWs’ rights and decreasingacceptance of mistreatment affect the behaviors of employers and others whocan support MDWs, rights awareness campaigns can help reduce labor abuse.However, the campaigns had limited impact on MDWs, who demonstrated highawareness of their rights but often experienced concerning levels of abuse andregarded mistreatment as an unavoidable aspect of their employment. These differences highlight the constrained agency of MDWs to independently improvetheir labor conditions and emphasize the value of rights awareness initiativestargeting employers of MDWs and the general public.
中文摘要
外籍家庭佣工（MDWs）在劳动权益方面高度脆弱。本研究基于在香港开展的问卷调查与随机对照试验，考察了外籍家庭佣工的劳动经历，以及权利意识宣传活动在减少劳动虐待方面的潜力。这些宣传活动提升了公众对外籍家庭佣工权利的认知，并降低了社会对虐待外籍家庭佣工行为的接受度。在改善外籍家庭佣工权利认知与降低虐待行为接受度能够影响雇主及其他支持者行为的前提下，权利意识宣传活动有助于减少劳动虐待。然而，此类活动对外籍家庭佣工自身的影响有限——他们虽对自身权利有较高认知，却常遭遇令人担忧的虐待程度，并将虐待视为其就业中不可避免的组成部分。这些差异凸显了外籍家庭佣工在独立改善劳动条件方面受到的能力限制，并强调了针对外籍家庭佣工雇主及普通公众开展权利意识倡议的价值。