1. Gender, international migration and social reproduction: implications for theory, policy, research and networking
- Author
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Thanh-Dam Truong
- Subjects
Employment ,Economic growth ,Asia ,Economics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Reproduction (economics) ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Immigration ,Population ,Population Dynamics ,0507 social and economic geography ,Context (language use) ,Social reproduction ,Sex Factors ,Japan ,050602 political science & public administration ,Population Characteristics ,Sociology ,Health Workforce ,education ,Human resources ,Socioeconomic status ,media_common ,Demography ,Transients and Migrants ,education.field_of_study ,Public economics ,business.industry ,Asia, Eastern ,Developed Countries ,Reproduction ,05 social sciences ,Emigration and Immigration ,0506 political science ,Ideology ,business ,050703 geography - Abstract
This paper aims to contribute to the development of an analytical framework that provides the space for the understanding of female migrants as reproductive workers in a cross-national transfer of labor. It will first provide some hypothetical guidelines for the explanation of female migration in the context of reproductive labor. Based on accessible data, a discussion on the case of Japan will be presented to highlight the main issues and problems concerning female migrants as reproductive workers. Finally, implications on policy-making and networking at the international and national level will be analyzed and discussed, taking into account the specific ideological, political and socio-economic constraints.
- Published
- 1996