Underpaid and overworked : a cross-national perspective on care workers
Abstract:
This article defines paid care work and explains why it has become an important arena for research and policy. Drawing on cross-national and country-level analyses of selected occupations, it highlights three findings: first, the employment situation of care workers often mirrors broader, country-specific labour market conditions and problems; second, the State’s role as an employer of care workers is changing as governments increasingly outsource such work; and third, social policy r ...; [read all]
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| Description | Underpaid and overworked : a cross-national perspective on care workers / Shahra Razavi, Silke Staab |
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| ID file | 17909 |
| Permalink | https://inapp.infoteca.it/?ids=17909 |
