Matching and making labour demand and supply: Agents in polish migrant networks of domestic elderly care in Germany and Italy

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 717-734

  Elrick, Tim ^a   Lewandowska, Emilia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Domestic Elderly Care Work; Eastern Europe; Migration Agents; Migration Industry; Migration Network Theory

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; ELDERLY CARE; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MIGRANT WORKER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; POLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 46649087189     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830802105954     Document Type: Article

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