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Long‐term care in EU policy 1999‐2022: women's responsibility, migrants' work?

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  • Elena Zacharenko

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As the population of the European Union (EU) is ageing and its working‐age population shrinking, concerns are rising about how the growing demand for long‐term care (LTC) will be met. Since unpaid care, provided mainly by women, is increasingly scarce, some EU states are becoming dependent on migrant labour for the functioning of their elder care systems. To address the growing deficit of care in the EU, the European Commission put forward a European Care Strategy, for the first time proposing a stand‐alone policy on LTC. This followed on from a Commission proposal for a new strategy on migration, calling for labour migrants to be proactively attracted to work in the EU's care sector. As the (lack of) availability of LTC is increasingly shaping EU policy, it is timely to investigate what its impact is on key policy areas, such as gender equality, social and migration policies.

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  • Elena Zacharenko, 2024. "Long‐term care in EU policy 1999‐2022: women's responsibility, migrants' work?," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(1), pages 38-54, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:62:y:2024:i:1:p:38-54
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13476
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