Welfare and gendered migration

2005 ◽  
pp. 140-168
Keyword(s):  
Gendered Migration

Spousal order of migration, gender, and hospitalization among immigrants in Denmark

2020 ◽  
pp. 140349482094472
Author(s):  
Jennifer Caputo ◽  
Angela Carollo ◽  
Eleonora Mussino ◽  
Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt ◽  
Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Event History ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Married Individuals ◽  
Gendered Migration ◽  
Study Base

Background: Certain migration contexts that may help clarify immigrants’ health needs are understudied, including the order in which married individuals migrate. Research shows that men, who are healthier than women across most populations, often migrate to a host country before women. Using Danish register data, we investigate descriptive patterns in the order that married men and women arrive in Denmark, as well as whether migration order is related to overnight hospitalizations. Methods: The study base includes married immigrants who lived in Denmark between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 2014 ( N = 13,680). We use event history models to examine the influence of spousal migration order on hospitalizations. Results: The order that married individuals arrive in Denmark is indeed highly gendered, with men tending to arrive first, and varies by country of origin. Risk of hospitalization after age 50 does not depend on whether an individual migrated before, after, or at the same time as their spouse among either men or women. However, among those aged 18+, men migrating before their wives are more likely to experience hospitalizations within the first 5 years of arrival. Conclusions: These findings provide the first key insights about gendered migration patterns in Denmark. Although spousal order of migration is not related to overnight hospitalization among women, our findings provide preliminary evidence that men age 18+ who are first to arrive experience more hospitalization events in the following 5 years. Future research should explore additional outcomes and whether other gendered migration contexts are related to immigrants’ health.

Gendered migration from Moldova and Ukraine to the EU

2016 ◽  
pp. 231-246
Author(s):  
Olga Davydova-Minguet ◽  
Valeriu Mosneaga ◽  
Oleksii Pozniak
Keyword(s):  
Gendered Migration ◽  
The Eu

Gendered migration in turbulent times in Iceland

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 266-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnfríður Júlíusdóttir ◽  
Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir ◽  
Anna Karlsdóttir
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Gendered Migration

Care Work Migration in Germany: Semi-Compliance and Complicity

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helma Lutz ◽  
Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck
Keyword(s):  
State Policies ◽  
Care Work ◽  
German Government ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Large Sector ◽  
The Media ◽  
Care Regimes ◽  
Private Homes ◽  
Gendered Migration ◽  
Multiple Actors

In this article, we deal with contradictions and paradoxes of the German policies on migration and domestic care work. Although the demand for care workers in private homes is increasing, the German government has turned a blind eye to the topic of migrant care workers. As a result of the mismatch between demand and restrictive policies, a large sector of undeclared care work has come into being. This veritable ‘twilight zone’ can be coined an ‘open secret’ as it is the topic of extensive discussions among the populace and in the media. We will address various discrepancies in the debate on migrant domestic work in Germany by providing a view from multiple actors’ perspectives. Examining the intersections of gendered migration and care regimes, we assert that undeclared care migration is an integral part of German welfare state policies, which can be characterised as compliance and complicity.

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