Reconstituting the affective labour of Filipinos as care workers in Japan

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-268

  Lopez, Mario ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFFECTIVE LABOUR; AGEING; CARE LABOUR; ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS; JAPAN; THE PHILIPPINES; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE LABOUR; AGEING; CARE LABOUR; JAPAN; PHILIPPINES; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION;

SPHERES;

EMPLOYMENT;

AGING POPULATION; BIRTH RATE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH WORKER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MIGRANT WORKER; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

JAPAN; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84858313151     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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