Migrants to the Rescue? Care Workforce Migrantisation on the Example of Elder Care in Germany

Anna Safuta*, Kristin Noack, Karin Gottschall, Heinz Rothgang

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Abstract

The share of migrant workers in the long-term care (LTC) workforce across the world has been increasing. Despite similar trends in terms of overall LTC migrantisation, countries differ in the ways in which migrant workers are involved in national care regimes. Previous research identified several modes of migrantisation, including the “migrant in the family” and “migrant in formal care” outcomes. In the literature, the emergence of each mode is explained by a country-specific intersection of regimes of care, migration and employment. However, analyses of the concrete mechanisms through which such intersections produce differential outcomes are still missing. In this chapter, we identify and explain the mechanisms that resulted in the emergence of “migrant in the family” and “migrant in formal care” migrantisation in Germany.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCausal mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies
EditorsJohanna Kuhlmann, Frank Nullmeier
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter10
Pages303–334
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-91088-4
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-91087-7, 978-3-030-91090-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameGlobal Dynamics of Social Policy
ISSN (Print)2661-8672
ISSN (Electronic)2661-8680

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