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Non‐standard employment, migrant women and gender regimes in Europe

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ID7990902
AuthorsChiara Giordano (0000-0002-4103-2354, Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality (GERME) Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium, corresponding author), Cinzia Meraviglia (0000-0001-8222-585X, Department of Social and Political Sciences Università Statale di Milano Milan Italy)
Year2024
Volume34
Issue1
Publication date2024-03-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-6866 • E-ISSN: 1468-2397
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ijsw.12655
OpenAlexW4392402051
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited47

Non‐standard employment (NSE) is well‐documented in the domestic sector in all European countries. The precariousness and poor working conditions of this sector reflect in a labour force composed by the most vulnerable layers of the labour market, namely, migrant women. This article analyses how and to what extent a macro‐level factor, that is, the gender regime (resulting from the interplay of gender equality and gendered social norms) interacts with micro‐level individual and occupational characteristics to shape the prevalence of NSE in the domestic sector in Europe. We use the 2019 EU‐LFS data and run a set of logistic regression analyses. Our results show that NSE is a defining feature of domestic sector, and that migrant women are at a higher risk of being in this type of employment, especially in destination countries where gender equality is relatively lower and expectations concerning care and family responsibilities are more traditional

Demographic economics · Doors · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Migrant workers · Political science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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