What is the effect of having an OFW parents?

Parents of OFWs work primarily for economic reason–to achieve financial stability. However, this brings an emotional disadvantage to the left-behind children: they feel themselves abandoned. Hence, it is important for OFW parents to prepare their children’s psychological problems caused by their parents of OFWs.

What are the other impact of the OFW phenomenon to our society?

Positive effect of OFWS to the economy OFW remittances still provide the growth that matters most in the lives of Filipinos. The money goes straight to households, to relatives, families, and friends – who use them to better their lives to finance food, shelter, education, and entrepreneurial pursuits.

What is the effect parents work abroad?

When we control for endogeneity, we see that having parents working abroad increases study hours for children from urban areas. For those from rural communities the effect is negative, but not statistically significant. Having parents abroad seem to have no impact on children’s time allocation for housework.

What is an OFW parent?

Being an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) has its benefits and disadvantages. Parents envision a good future for their children and working overseas can help them make this dream come true. However, woking miles away from their families also has its downsides.

Why do parents work abroad?

Parents who work overseas assume that their kids understand fully why they have to leave—that it is for the children’s good and their future. Children of OFWs believe their parents are working abroad to give them better food, better education and better home. The eldest child then assumes the role of a parent.

Why do Filipinos work abroad?

The first reason why Filipinos want to work abroad is because of better career opportunities. Unlike in the Philippines where there is a limited number of jobs, there are more job openings abroad, which means that you will likely find more vacancies and opportunities if you go outside the Philippines.