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9 - “This Is Affordable!” The Role of Money Matters in the Use of Live-In Migrant Care Arrangements

from Part II - Participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2021

By
Anita Böcker ,
María Bruquetas-Callejo ,
Vincent Horn  and
Cornelia Schweppe
Edited by
Tesseltje de Lange ,
Willem Maas  and
Annette Schrauwen
Tesseltje de Lange
Affiliation:
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Willem Maas
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
Annette Schrauwen
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Summary

Care arrangements in which live-in migrant carers care for older people in private households are a growing phenomenon in European countries. This chapter explores the role of money in the emergence and functioning of these arrangements. Comparing Germany and the Netherlands, it combines a governance approach and a coping strategies approach to shed light on the part played by money and financial considerations at different levels. The chapter examines first how laws and policies aimed at ensuring financial sustainability of long-term care systems have provided incentives for the employment of migrant carers in both countries. The emergence of live-in migrant carer arrangements may be an unintended effect of such policies, but policymakers may also tacitly accept the often semi-legal nature of these arrangements as it helps to solve care deficit problems at a low cost for the public budget. Second, the chapter examines the role of financial considerations in the decision-making processes of families making use of these arrangements. How are financial considerations balanced against the quality of the care and the quality of the migrant carers’ working conditions?

Keywords

live-in migrant careremployment arrangementfinancial considerationsGermanythe Netherlands
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Money Matters in Migration
Policy, Participation, and Citizenship
 , pp. 149 - 168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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