Care as unpaid and paid work

Minna Zechner and Anneli Anttonen

Chapter 3 in Research Handbook on Social Care Policy, 2025, pp 37-50 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter, based on a review of a large body of care research, discusses care specifically as ‘work’. It is undertaken close to the body of another person and often carried out informally by female family members. A gendered analysis of care work has moved from an exclusive focus on women, drawing attention to men and other genders. Ethnicity has gathered much more momentum in care research over the years as well as the cross-cutting characteristic of the infrastructure where work is done (paid or unpaid, home or institution). The global social forces change conditions where care is given and received. Additionally, the marketization of public services and the globalization of capital and labour market have shifted the focus of research to issues such as racialization, managerialism, overseas recruitment and investments in care. Care work thus lies at the intersections of gender, labour market, migration and increasingly also in economic policies.

Keywords: Care research; Care work; Informal care; Formal care; Gender; Ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781839103681
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