Care drain

The term care drain coined in 2002 by the feminist sociologist Arlie Hochschild, is a feminist critique of brain drain's under theorization of the feminized migration in the global care chain and the impact it has on the families these women leave behind. Conversely care gain refers to the benefits for women migrant workers, their families and the sending nations.[1][2]

Care drain is notable in five migratory streams:[3]

From Eastern Europe to Western Europe
From Mexico, Central/South America to the United States
From North Africa to Southern Europe
From South Asia to the Gulf states
From Philippines to all over the world, including Hong Kong, US, Europe and Israel.

References

Cooray, Devoushi (2017-06-02). "The Care Drain and its Effects on the Families Left Behind: A Case Study of Sri Lanka". Comparative Sociology. 16 (3): 369–392. doi:10.1163/15691330-12341427. ISSN 1569-1322.
Lutz, H.; Palenga-Mollenbeck, E. (2012-01-18). "Care Workers, Care Drain, and Care Chains: Reflections on Care, Migration, and Citizenship". Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society. 19 (1): 15–37. doi:10.1093/sp/jxr026. ISSN 1072-4745.
Isaksen, Lise Widding; Devi, Sambasivan Uma; Hochschild, Arlie Russell (2008-11-01). "Global Care Crisis: A Problem of Capital, Care Chain, or Commons?". American Behavioral Scientist: 405. doi:10.1177/0002764208323513.

Further readings

Dumitru, Speranta (2014-11-01). "From "brain drain" to "care drain" : Women's labor migration and methodological sexism". Women's Studies International Forum. 47: 203–212. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.06.006. ISSN 0277-5395.

Gheaus, Anca (2013-01-01). "Care drain: who should provide for the children left behind?". Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 16 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1080/13698230.2011.572425. ISSN 1369-8230.

Kaelin, Lukas (2011-11-01). "Care drain: The political making of health worker migration". Journal of Public Health Policy. 32 (4): 489–498. doi:10.1057/jphp.2011.43. ISSN 1745-655X.

Michel, Sonya (2010-10-20). "Beyond the Global Brain Drain: The Global Care Drain". The Globalist. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

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[1] Cooray, Devoushi (2017-06-02). "The Care Drain and its Effects on the Families Left Behind: A Case Study of Sri Lanka". Comparative Sociology. 16 (3): 369–392. doi:10.1163/15691330-12341427. ISSN 1569-1322.

[2] Lutz, H.; Palenga-Mollenbeck, E. (2012-01-18). "Care Workers, Care Drain, and Care Chains: Reflections on Care, Migration, and Citizenship". Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society. 19 (1): 15–37. doi:10.1093/sp/jxr026. ISSN 1072-4745.

[3] Isaksen, Lise Widding; Devi, Sambasivan Uma; Hochschild, Arlie Russell (2008-11-01). "Global Care Crisis: A Problem of Capital, Care Chain, or Commons?". American Behavioral Scientist: 405. doi:10.1177/0002764208323513.