2021 Volume 2021 Issue 39 Pages 23-39
The purpose of this paper is to explore how recent industrial changes triggered by overseas migration and the growth of the IT-BPO industry have impacted squatter settler's households in Metropolitan Manila. The change led to the increase of highly educated and occupational middle-class workers, specifically among women, while the growth of the middle-income class has been relatively marginal. The paper will focus on college-level educated female workers in a squatter settlement and their households to examine their interests in professions and specialties and family strategies for educational expenses.
