Making the Match: Domestic Placement Agencies and the Racialization of Women's Household Work

Paid Caregiving in the Gendered Life Course: A Study of Czech Nannies in Vietnamese Immigrant Families

“…This quotation further supports the argument presented in the preceding section and acknowledged by many scholars: that the skills required for childcare and household management elude or resist evaluation according to meritocratic principles because they are considered to be everyday skills that do not require formal training [Lutz 2011;Bakan and Stasiulis 1995;Murray 1998]. For Ms Křepelková, caregiving is the most natural activity she could ever do and does not require any formal training.…”

Domestic Distinctions: Constructing difference among paid domestic workers in Toronto

“…However, the gender commonality between employer and employee is often marked by myriad differences. For example, that immigrant women of colour are over-represented among domestic workers is naturalised as their being predisposed to domestic work (Rollins, 1985;Glenn, 1992;Macklin, 1992;Ng, 1993;Bakan & Stasiulis, 1995). Macklin (1992) demonstrates this point with the example of Mary, the white Canadian employer of Delia, a Filipina domestic worker:…”

The making of an ‘ideal’ live-in migrant care worker: recruiting, training, matching and disciplining

“…recruiting agencies perform a vital role in the processes of recruiting, screening, training, and placing migrant workers in the segregated labor market (Bakan and Stasiulis 1995;Constable 1997;Loveband 2004;Guevarra 2009). Because of the complex bureaucratic procedures involved in importing live-in migrant care workers in Taiwan, most employers rely on recruiting agencies to match workers to private households.…”