List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Professional women migrants becoming care assistants -- A homework methodology for researching migrant women's lives -- A place of settlement and upheaval : carers cruising Cumbria -- An upgraded care industry depends upon skilled migrant workers -- The...

Our research analyzes the effect of changes in migration policies and the accession to the European Union of former countries of emigration, considering the crucial role played by migrants in an aging society. We focus on the demand of family-care workers by using the last five years of the...

Economists and sociologists have proposed arguments for why there can exist wage penalties for work involving helping and caring for others, penalties borne disproportionately by women. Evidence on wage penalties is neither abundant nor compelling. We examine wage differentials associated with...