Care Workers as Economic Migrants

Care Migration in Care Homes for Older People in the European Semi-Periphery Between Slovenia and Former Yugoslav Countries

“…With few exceptions, existing studies implement this approach in such a way that they focus only on the analysis in the receiving country. However, in his study of care migration from Slovakia to Austria, Bahna (2021) expands the focus on the receiving country by analysing the situation in the sending country. He describes how the 2008 economic crisis led to increased unemployment and lower wages in Slovakia, which -along with the Austrian legalisation policies of employment of migrant care workers in private households -fuelled care mobility from Slovakia to Austria.…”