Migration, Domestic Care Work and Public Policies on Long-Term Care in Spain

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-85852503880006506

Parole chiave:

care work, migrations, welfare, precariousness, domestic service, Covid-19

Abstract

This article explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on
the labour conditions of migrant workers who provide care to elderly
and dependent persons in Spain. Using data from the Active Population
Survey, we analyse the effects of the health crisis on the precariousness of
this labour sector (measured through unemployment, underemployment
and temporary employment). The figures shed light on the degradation
of working conditions during the health crisis, the situation of social
vulnerability experienced by female workers and the absence of effective
policy responses to reverse this inequality during the pandemic. This
situation of subordination is structured around the connection between the
demand for care workers in private homes and the philosophy behind the
public welfare system. Special emphasis is given to the effect of cash transfer
programs in the process of the commodification of care.

Biografia autore

  • Raquel Martínez Buján, Universidade da Coruña

    Universidade da Coruña, Departamento de Sociología e Ciencias da Comunicación.

Pubblicato

2022-09-06

Come citare

Martínez Buján, R. . (2022). Migration, Domestic Care Work and Public Policies on Long-Term Care in Spain. REMHU, Revista Interdisciplinar Da Mobilidade Humana, 30(65). https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-85852503880006506

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