Commodified care work in European Labour Markets

Ungerson, Clare

doi:10.1080/1461669032000127651

Cited by 93 publications

(81 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In the UK, cash allowances position mothers as individual consumers, choosing childcare within the market according to their preferences. In the context of long-term care, the public provision of cash transfers has similarly facilitated the employment of low-waged migrant workers to care for older people within the household in countries such as Austria, Italy, and Spain (Da Roit et al 2007;Ungerson 2003). At the same time, state policies towards care connect with other policies, including immigration controls, which shape "choice" for migrant workers regarding their entry to and exit from care work through the differentiation of rights attached to citizenship and immigration status (Shutes 2012).…”

Section: Care and Migrant Labormentioning

confidence: 99%

Negotiating User Preferences, Discrimination, and Demand for Migrant Labour in Long-Term Care

Shutes¹,

Walsh²

2012

Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & S

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The restructuring of long-term care for older people has been marked both by the role of the market and by the role of migrant labor. This article develops the analysis of these processes at the microlevel of the provision of care. It draws on data collected as part of a cross-national comparative study on the employment of migrant care workers in residential care homes and home care services for older people in England and Ireland. The article examines, first, the ways in which divisions of race, ethnicity, and citizenship shape the preferences of service providers/employers and some service users as regards who provides care. Second, it examines how the institutional context of quasi-markets in long-term care shapes the negotiation of demand for migrant labor, the racialized preferences of individual users, alongside the rights of care workers to non-discrimination. It is argued that market-oriented policies for personalization, as well as for cost containment, raise implications for divisions of race, ethnicity, and citizenship in the provision of long-term care. At the same time, those divisions Spring 2012Pages 78-104

show abstract

Section: Care and Migrant Labormentioning

confidence: 99%

Negotiating User Preferences, Discrimination, and Demand for Migrant Labour in Long-Term Care

Shutes¹,

Walsh²

2012

Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & S

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Las cifras siguen indicando altos niveles de implicación de los parientes en los cuidados, pero el familismo parece encontrar nuevas formas de expresión a través de la mencionada mercantilización y del desarrollo de nuevos recursos pú-blicos. De esta manera, tal y como indican algunas investigaciones (Marbán, 2009;Da Roit, 2007;Ungerson, 2003), aunque la privatización ha contribuido a mitigar la carga de las tareas de cuidados en los hogares, la gestión sigue recayendo habitualmente a los descendientes. Además, la naturaleza de los programas públicos de atención a personas mayores implantados en los últimos años también ha alterado los cánones sobre los que clásicamente se manifestaba el familismo.…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

“…Statistics indicate high levels of family member involvement in caregiving, but this familism has taken on new forms due to the mentioned commercialization and development of new public resources. Thus, as some recent research has indicated, (Marbán, 2009;Da Roit, 2007;Ungerson, 2003), even though privatization lightened the family burden of household care tasks, its management continues to fall on relatives. In addition, the nature of public eldercare programs implemented over recent years has also altered the foundations of familism.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Los modelos territoriales de organización social del cuidado a personas mayores en los hogares

Martínez-Buján¹

2024

REIS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ResumenLa mercantilización de los cuidados familiares a través del servicio doméstico y la incorporación de prestaciones económicas desde la entrada en vigor de la «Ley de Promoción de la Autonomía Personal y Atención a las Personas en Situación de Dependencia» (LAPAD) han sido los cambios más relevantes que en la última década ha experimentado la provisión del cuidado doméstico dirigido a las personas mayores. Dada la diferenciación interna existente en España en cuanto a la extensión de los servicios sociales, los subsidios dirigidos a la asistencia y la privatización, el artículo se centra en indagar sobre la emergencia de variados modelos de organización social de los cuidados entre las Comunidades Autónomas y determinar el carácter regional de los mismos. Mediante la aplicación de un análisis de correspondencias se presenta una clasifi cación de la distribución territorial de los cuidados familiares, públicos y privados en cada una de las regiones. Key words AbstractThe commercialization of in-home care services and the incorporation of economic assistance following the implementation of the "Law on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care of Dependent People" (LAPAD) are the most signifi cant changes occurring in the social organization of senior care over the past decade. Given the internal diversity of the Spanish social services system--subsidies offered for care and privatization, this study explores the various social organization models of family care in the Autonomous Communities, examining regional differences. Correspondence analysis was used to create a national classifi cation system based on public and private family care in the different regions. Martínez-Buján, Raquel (2014). «Los modelos territoriales de organización social del cuidado a personas mayores en los hogares». Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Cómo citar 100Los modelos territoriales de organización social del cuidado a personas mayores en los hogares INTRODUCCIÓN 1La fi nalidad de este artículo es doble: por una parte, realizar un análisis comparativo de la organización social de los cuidados dentro de los hogares a las personas mayores en cada una de las Comunidades Autónomas españolas y, por otra, estudiar las posibles repercusiones de la protección social pública en la confi guración de modelos de provisión de la asistencia a escala territorial.En España, la atención de personas en situación de dependencia ha experimentado dos cambios relevantes en la última década. Uno de ellos, a partir del año 2007, con la implantación de la Ley 39/2006 de Promoción y Autonomía de las Personas en Situación de Dependencia (LAPAD, en adelante). Esta legislación supuso la puesta en marcha de un sistema nacional de cuidados de larga duración que ha renovado el marco de servicios sociales y prestaciones económicas destinadas a los cuidados personales. El otro viene gestándose desde fi nales de los años noventa y consiste en la consolidación de una estrategia de privatización de los cuidados familiares a través del servicio do...

show abstract

“…Cash-for-care schemes are crucial in explaining the degree of regulation (or lack of it) imposed on the recruitment and management of care and domestic labour (Ungerson, 2003;Bettio and Plantagena 2004;Pavolini and Ranci, 2008;Simonazzi, 2009). Barbara Da Roit et al (2007) argue that there are three possible connections between cash-for-care schemes and the development of regular employment: 1) the extent to which the working conditions of employees contracted under these schemes are regulated; 2) the extent to which the development of care employment relies on _____________ 6 European Commission (2012), "Commission staff working document on exploiting the employment potential of the personal and household services" SWD(2012)95 final.…”

Section: The Sector Of Care and Domestic Services In France Spain Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

The elderly care and domestic services sector during the recent economic crisis. The case of Italy, Spain and France.

Picchi

2016

Inv. fem.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Over the past ten years in Italy, Spain and France, the demographic pressure and the increasing women's participation in labour market have fuelled the expansion of the private provision of domestic and care services. In order to ensure the difficult balance between affordability, quality and job creation, each countries' response has been different. France has developed policies to sustain the demand side introducing instruments such as vouchers and fiscal schemes, since the mid of the 2000s. Massive public funding has contributed to foster a regular market of domestic and care services and France is often presented as a "best practices" of those policies aimed at encouraging a regular private sector. Conversely in Italy and Spain, the development of a private domestic and care market has been mostly uncontrolled and without a coherent institutional design: the osmosis between a large informal market and the regular private care sector has been ensured on the supply side by migrant workers' regularizations or the introduction of new employment regulations. The analysis presented in this paper aims to describe the response of these different policies to the challenges imposed by the current economic crisis. In dealing with the retrenchment of public expenditure and the reduced households' purchasing power, Italy, Spain and France are experiencing greater difficulties in ensuring a regular private sector of domestic and care services. In light of that, the paper analyses the recent economic conjuncture presenting some assumptions about the future risk of deeper inequalities rising along with the increase of the process of marketization of domestic and care services in all the countries under analysis. Keywords: domestic and care services, Italy, Spain, France El sector de los servicios domésticos y de cuidado a los mayores durante la reciente crisis económica. El caso de Italia, España y Francia RESUMENEn los últimos diez años en Italia, España y Francia, la presión demográfica y la creciente participación femenina en el mercado de trabajo han alimentado la expansión del trabajo Sara PicchiThe elderly care and domestic services sector 170 Investigaciones Feministas Vol. 7 Núm 1 (2016) 169-190 privado doméstico y de cuidado. Para asegurar el difícil equilibrio entre accesibilidad, calidad y generación de empleo, la respuesta de estos países ha sido diferente. Francia ha desarrollado políticas para sostener el lado de la demanda de trabajo introduciendo instrumentos como voucher y esquemas fiscales, desde mediados de la década del 2000. Una masiva financiación pública ha contribuido a promover un mercado regular de servicios doméstico y de cuidado. Por lo tanto, Francia se presenta a menudo como una buena práctica de las políticas dirigidas a fomentar un sector privado regular. Por el contrario, en Italia y en España, el desarrollo de un mercado privado de servicios doméstico y de cuidado ha sido incontrolado y ha partido de la ausencia de un diseño institucional coherente: la ósmosis entre un gran mercado ...

show abstract

Commodified care work in European Labour Markets

Cited by 93 publications

References 0 publications

Negotiating User Preferences, Discrimination, and Demand for Migrant Labour in Long-Term Care

Negotiating User Preferences, Discrimination, and Demand for Migrant Labour in Long-Term Care

Los modelos territoriales de organización social del cuidado a personas mayores en los hogares

The elderly care and domestic services sector during the recent economic crisis. The case of Italy, Spain and France.

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About