Migration as Feminisation? Chinese Women's Experiences of Work and Family in Australia.
Like many Western governments, the Australian government increasingly views migration through the lens of economic efficiency, arguing that skilled professionals achieve the best employment outcomes and therefore constitute the ideal migrant. This paper challenges these claims, showing that skilled...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 497 - 515 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=19869252&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 19869252 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2006 vid: 32 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 19869252 10.1080/13691830600555053 ppf: 497 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 126KB tig: atl: Migration as Feminisation? Chinese Women's Experiences of Work and Family in Australia. aug: au: Ho, Christina su: Overseas Chinese Family-work relationship Government policy Married women Sociocultural factors Social conditions of women Economic conditions of minorities Emigration & immigration Australia sug: subj: Australia Overseas Chinese Family-work relationship Government policy Married women Sociocultural factors Social conditions of women Economic conditions of minorities Emigration & immigration keyword: Family Gender GENDER AND SEXUALITY Identity Migrant Women Migration Work ab: Like many Western governments, the Australian government increasingly views migration through the lens of economic efficiency, arguing that skilled professionals achieve the best employment outcomes and therefore constitute the ideal migrant. This paper challenges these claims, showing that skilled migrants do not always successfully transfer their skills to new labour markets. It argues that the government's ‘success story’ narrative disguises a much more complex reality, in which migrants’ employment outcomes are shaped by broader social and cultural factors, as well as just economic ones. In particular, it shows that men and women typically experience migration differently, and the challenges of re-negotiating work and care in a new setting often lead to a ‘feminisation’ of women's roles, as they find themselves taking up more traditional gender roles as wives and mothers. Using in-depth interviews with Chinese women and survey data from the Australian government, I show that, in Australia, migrant women often experience downward occupational mobility and a re-orientation away from paid work and towards the domestic sphere. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2006 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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