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High-Skilled vs. Low-Skilled Migrant Women: the Use of Competencies and Knowledge—Theoretical and Political Implications: an Example of the Elderly Care Sector in Poland
- Source :
- Journal of International Migration and Integration. 22:1551-1571
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- This paper presents the influx of migrants into the elderly care sector in Poland, which, until recently, has been perceived as a country that “exports” caregivers. It describes the results of 31 individual in-depth interviews conducted with immigrant women who take care of elderly in Poland. The purpose of the study was to determine the profile of an immigrant taking up work in the elderly care sector, including the specification of their education level and competencies. It was determined that 55% of the respondents have higher education, including over 20% with a degree in nursing or physiotherapeutic education. It was established that, when analysing migrants in the care sector, it seems necessary not to divide migrants based on their education level (high- vs. low-skilled), but rather to consider the education profile as a whole (general and special profile education). Women with specialised education differ from the other migrants in regard to their better labour market position (higher remuneration, legal employment) and the scope of skill usage. The comparison of high-skilled and low-skilled workers in the care sector is very useful from the perspective of policymakers due to the fact that there is an issue of over-qualification in Poland. The article contributes to the literature, especially research dealing with brain waste, as there is theoretical and empirical gap in research on the differences between high-skilled and low-skilled migrants working in elderly care.
- Subjects :
- Cultural Studies
Higher education
Scope (project management)
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
05 social sciences
Immigration
0507 social and economic geography
Elderly care
0506 political science
Politics
Work (electrical)
Anthropology
Political science
050602 political science & public administration
Remuneration
Demographic economics
business
050703 geography
Low skilled
Demography
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Details
- ISSN :
- 18746365 and 14883473
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of International Migration and Integration
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1ed61c446ac9d71ef8b8d66d489d3b16