Pushed to the Margins and Stretched to the Limit: Experiences of Freelance Eldercare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands
Eldercare professionals engaged in precarious work in the Netherlands faced shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE), testing, and staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study of the health, financial situations, and paid and unpaid caring responsibilities of freelance eldercare workers illustrates how labor market inequalities have been (re)produced and exacerbated during the pandemic. Freelancers were pushed toward the margins of the labor market, working risky shifts and compromising their own interests, while unprotected by organizations, social security, or politi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Duijs , S E , Haremaker , A , Bourik , Z , Abma , T A & Verdonk , P 2021 , ' Pushed to the Margins and Stretched to the Limit: Experiences of Freelance Eldercare Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands ' , Feminist Economics , vol. 27 , no. 1-2 , pp. 217-235 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2020.1845389 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26845823 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vumc.nl/en/publications/3d40aca0-e720-4fbc-bef9-80b6c8a4a9ba |