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South Korea bets on foreign housekeepers to ease women’s workloads and boost birth rate
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Identify South Korea’s projected fertility rate this year and compare it to the fertility rate necessary to ensure a broadly stable population, according to the OECD
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Suggest how cultural differences and language barriers might impact the success of the foreign housekeeper scheme in South Korea
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Explain how the introduction of Filipina housekeepers in Seoul is expected to affect South Korea’s fertility rate
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Evaluate the potential challenges and benefits that the housekeeper scheme could bring to South Korea, considering both economic and social perspectives
Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/geographyalltheway.com
