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abstract: 'Care work is typically undervalued and precarious. However, little is
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currently known about the financial outcomes of immigrant women care
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workers as they reach post-retirement age, or their access to effective
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social policy supports. Using Canada as a case example, this study
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analyzes the Longitudinal Immigration Database to compare the income
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trajectories of women aged 65-95 who entered the country via the Care
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Worker immigration entry class to immigrant women from two other
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immigration streams (one focused on higher skill economic contributions,
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the other on family reunification). Estimating a series of growth curve
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models (n = 28,775), results reveal that between 2007-2017, despite
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engaging in paid employment longer, Care Worker women were less able to
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make contributions to a private pension plan prior to retirement and
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more likely to depend on public pension benefits after reaching
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retirement age, relative to other immigrant women. Additionally, Care
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Worker women had lower predicted total income and experienced downward
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mobility during the post-retirement period. Together, the findings
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reinforce the importance of considering the financial circumstances of
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immigrant care workers as they age and highlight a need for renewed
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government investment in social supports to reduce inequalities tied to
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the gendered and racialized devaluation of low-wage caring occupations.'
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affiliation: 'Lightman, N (Corresponding Author), Univ Calgary, Dept Sociol, Calgary,
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AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Lightman, Naomi; Akbary, Hamid, Univ Calgary, Dept Sociol, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4,
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Canada.'
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author: Lightman, Naomi and Akbary, Hamid
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author-email: naomi.lightman@ucalgary.ca
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author_list:
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- family: Lightman
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given: Naomi
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- family: Akbary
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given: Hamid
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/08959420.2022.2139984
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earlyaccessdate: DEC 2022
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eissn: 1545-0821
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files: []
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issn: 0895-9420
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journal: JOURNAL OF AGING \& SOCIAL POLICY
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keywords: Care work; aging; immigration; Canada; social policy; social inequality
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keywords-plus: INEQUALITY; CAREGIVERS
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language: English
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month: MAR 4
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '27'
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orcid-numbers: 'Akbary, Hamid/0000-0002-4932-3965
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Lightman, Naomi/0000-0001-6070-0381'
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pages: 261-286
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papis_id: 680265282018d660552d731d5e2e1b02
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ref: Lightman2023workingmore
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Working More and Making Less: Post-Retirement Aged Immigrant Women Care Workers
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in Canada'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000916808200001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '35'
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web-of-science-categories: Gerontology
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year: '2023'
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