Abstract
An ageing population in Europe is currently putting pressure on long-term care services, creating demand for foreign workers. Using a life-course perspective, this article aims to contribute to the understanding of how life trajectories shape decisions about migration and employment in social care. Based on fifty-one life story interviews with migrant care workers in Norway and UK, two typologies are found: a Norwegian migrant life trajectory of downwards social mobility combined with settlement and a British trajectory combining stronger downwards social mobility with further migration. The article contributes to the discussion of contextualised migratory lives involving care work.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Social Policy and Society |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 635-644 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISSN | 1474-7464 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Life trajectories
- Migrant care workers
- Norway and UK
- Social care
- Social mobility