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Converging variations in migrant care work in Europe
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While the employment of migrant women as care workers in European welfare states is increasing, the rate, extent and nature of this increase vary The article draws on empirical research on migrant women as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
While the employment of migrant women as care workers in European welfare states is increasing, the rate, extent and nature of this increase vary The article draws on empirical research on migrantread more
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The marketisation of care: Rationales and consequences in Nordic and liberal care regimes:
TL;DR: In this article, debates and policies concerning the marketisation of eldercare and childcare in Sweden, England and Australia are examined, showing how market discourses and practices intersect with, reinforce or challenge traditions and existing policies and whether care markets deliver user empowerment and greater efficiency.
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Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence (review)
TL;DR: Cormier et al. as discussed by the authors discuss the inherent problem of over-using the grievance process and the need for unions that must deal with hostile employers to use alternative grievance resolution channels like member mobilization and direct, protected actions.
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Migration and Domestic Work, A European Perspective on a Global Theme
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Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the ways in which unpaid care work is recognized and organized, the extent and quality of care jobs and their impact on the well-being of individuals and society.
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Migrant labour and the marketisation of care for older people: The employment of migrant care workers by families and service providers
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TL;DR: Analysis of the employment of migrant care workers by families in Italy and by providers of residential and home care services in the UK suggests converging outcomes are evident regarding the structural positioning of migrant workers within the provision of care for older people.
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Doméstica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence
TL;DR: Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles.
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Comparing Care Regimes in Europe
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare and categorize care strategies for children and elderly persons in different member states of the European Union, while also taking into account the varied modalities for providing care, like leave arrangements, financial provisions, and social services.
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Change in care regimes and female migration: the ‘care drain’ in the Mediterranean
TL;DR: The article explores the interconnections between the feminization of migration, on the one hand, and ongoing change in the Southern European care regimes, onthe other hand to identify issues of efficiency, equity and sustainability raised by this new ‘model’ of care.
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Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD-Countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the possibility that immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives' sentiments towards immigrants, and find that immigrants in countries that receive predominantly refugee migrants are relatively more concerned with immigrations impact on social issues such as crime than on the employment effects.
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Gender and International Migration in Europe: Employment, Welfare and Politics
TL;DR: Gender and international migration in Europe as discussed by the authors introduces a gender dimension into theories of contemporary migrations as the European Union seeks to extend equal opportunities, increasingly restrictionist immigration policies and the persistence of racism, deny autonomy and choice to migrant women, and demonstrates how processes of globalisation and change in state policies on employment and welfare have maintained a demand for diverse forms of gendered immigration.