Why are care workers from the global south disadvantaged? Inequality and discrimination in Swedish elderly care work

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ID2148304
AutoresA Behtoui (0000-0001-8227-3659, Södertörn University), Kristina Boréus (0000-0002-3923-9858, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, autor correspondente), Anders Neergaard (0000-0002-7098-8611, Linköping University), Soheyla Yazdanpanah (0000-0002-5544-4536, Södertörn University)
Ano2020
Volume43
Fascículo16
Páginas155-174
Data de publicação2020-12-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2020.1734220
OpenAlexW3007350017
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas32

Using quantitative and qualitative methods, this study investigates inequalities in occupational status and wages between native-born and foreign-born employees in elderly care institutions in Sweden. It finds that employees from Africa, Asia and Latin America - the "Global South" - are disadvantaged in both respects. Combinatory explanations of the inequalities are needed. The shorter work experience of foreign-born workers in the care sector plus the lesser value given to educational credentials obtained outside Sweden are among the factors related to human capital theory. Access to less-valuable resources in the workplace social networks of foreign-born employees is related to social capital theory. The processes that result in exclusion from powerful social networks, in turn, are found to be affected by discrimination in the workplace

Care work · Demographic economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Foreign born · Human capital · Immigration · Inequality · Labour economics · Political science · Social capital · Social inequality · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Work-Family Balance Challenges