Converging economies of care? Immigrant women workers across 17 countries and four care regimes

• Published in: Journal of industrial relations Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 79 - 103
• Main Author: Lightman, Naomi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Convergence; Efficacy; Employment; Fines and penalties; Globalization; Health education; Health services; Health status; Immigrants; International comparisons; Migrant workers; Neoliberalism; Occupational status; Penalties; Professional training; Representativeness; Social work; Women; Work; Workers; care regime; immigration; cross-national comparison; gender; Care work

This study analyses 17 care economies using 2016 Luxembourg Income Study data to contribute to extant debate regarding the ongoing utility of care regimes as a classificatory schema for cross-national comparison. Examining similarities and differences in the provision of low-status work in health, e...