Shifting boundaries of paid and unpaid work: cross national perspectives

Type Research Project

Funding Bodies
  • Commission of the European Communities

Duration Jan. 1, 2001 - Sept. 30, 2001

  • Economic 8/Social Policy AE (Former organization)

Tags

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  • Hammer, Elisabeth (Former researcher)
  • Österle, August (Details) Project Head
 

Abstract (German)

Der Zweck der Untersuchung ist eine vergleichende Analyse von Pflegearbeit in europäischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten. Unterschiedliche Pflegegeldmodelle haben unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf die Organisation von bezahlter und unbezahlter Pflege, die Kommodifizierung von Pflege, 'Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Beziehungen' in der Pflege oder den Arbeitsmarkt. Qualitative Interviews und quantitative Informationen werden zur Analyse dieser Fragen herangezogen.

Abstract (English)

The overall purpose of the study is to conduct a comparative, cross-national, study of care-work in modern European welfare states. Different types of payments for care have different implications for the organisation of paid or unpaid care, on the commodification of care, employer-employee relationships in care or labour market implications. Qualitative research interviews and quantitative data will be used to investigate these issues.

Partners

  • Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Italy
  • Sheffield Hallam University - United Kingdom
  • Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique - France
  • ITS Nijmegen - Netherlands
  • University of Southampton, Department of Sociology and Social Policy - United Kingdom

Publications

Journal article

2007 Da Roit, Barbara, Le Bihan, Blanche, Österle, August. 2007. Long-term Care Policies in Italy, Austria and France: Variations in Cash-for-Care Schemes. Social Policy and Administration 41 (6): 653-671. (Details)
2003 Hammer, Elisabeth, Österle, August. 2003. Welfare State Policy and Informal Long-Term Care Giving in Austria: Old Gender Divisions and New Stratification Processes Among Women. Journal of Social Policy, 32, 1, 37-53 (Details)

Chapter in edited volume

2008 Da Roit, Barbara, Le Bihan, Blanche, Österle, August. 2008. Long-Term Care Policies in Italy, Austria and France: Variations in Cash-for-Care Schemes. In: Reforming the Bismarckian Welfare Systems, Hrsg. Palier Bruno, Martin Claude, 117-135. Oxford: Blackwell. (Details)
2007 Österle, August, Hammer, Elisabeth. 2007. Care allowances and the formalisation of care arrangements: The Austrian experience. In: Cash for care systems in developed welfare states, Hrsg. Ungerson, Clare, Yeandle, Sue, 32-59. London: Palgrave Macmillan. (Details)

Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium

2006 Österle, August. 2006. Welfare Policies and Private Roles in Long-Term Care. 9th European Health Forum Gastein, Bad Hofgastein, Österreich, 04.10.-09.10.. (Details)
2003 Österle, August. 2003. Austria's 'Pflegegeld' System. International Conference on the Direct Employment of Domiciliary Care by Older People, 13.05.2003, London (Details)
2001 Österle, August, Hammer, Elisabeth. 2001. The Significance of Payments for Care in Improving Gender Equality in the Austrian Welfare State. 5th Conference of the European Sociological Conference (Details)

Working/discussion paper, preprint

2001 Hammer, Elisabeth, Österle, August. 2001. Welfare State Policy and Informal Long-Term Care-Giving in Austria: Old Gender Divisions and New Stratification Processes Among Women. Working Paper No. 7, Department of Social Policy, Vienna (Details)

Research report, expert opinion

2001 Österle, August, Hammer, Elisabeth, Haidinger, Bettina. 2001. The Austrian long-term care allowance in the context of welfare, care and work. Forschungsbericht ????????????????? Auftraggeber, Ort etc. ????????????????????????????? (Details)

Classification

Expertise

  • long-term care
  • payments for care
  • care work
  • unpaid work