Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: Situating Gender, Care, and Migration in East Asia

   • Reiko Ogawa, Akiko S. Oishi, Raymond K. H. Chan, Lih-Rong Wang

   Pages 1-22

3. Gendered Care in East Asian Societies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Double Burden of Care in Hong Kong: Implications for Care Policies and Arrangements

      • Raymond K. H. Chan, Priscilla Y. K. Wong

      Pages 25-45

   3. Family Caregiving by Elderly Korean Women and Their Quality of Life

      • Ju Hyun Kim

      Pages 47-67

   4. Married Daughters’ Support to Their Parents and Parents-in-Law in Japan

      • Yoshimi Chitose

      Pages 69-94

4. The Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers: Micro-Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Familization of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore

      • Marcus Yu Lung Chiu

      Pages 97-116

   3. Investigating the Well-Being of Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan from the Perspective of Social Inclusion

      • Lih-Rong Wang, Michael P. H. Liu

      Pages 117-136

5. Migration and Care Regimes in East Asia: Macro-Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Creating a Gendered-Racialized Care Labor Market: Migrant Labor Policy and the Transformation of Care Work in Taiwan

      • Li-Fang Liang

      Pages 139-156

   3. Who Pays the Cost and Who Receives the Benefit? Comparing Migration Policies for Care Workers in Japan and Taiwan

      • Kunio Tsubota

      Pages 157-179

   4. Care and Migration Regimes in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea

      • Reiko Ogawa

      Pages 181-204

   5. Conclusion: Agenda and Action Beyond Gendered Care and Migration

      • Akiko S. Oishi, Reiko Ogawa, Raymond K. H. Chan, Lih-Rong Wang

      Pages 205-213

6. Back Matter

   Pages 215-222

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This collection provides a comparative analysis of care arrangements in relation to issues of gender and transnational migration, social policy and labour migration in East Asia. Bridging the key topics of migration and gendered cared work through cross country comparisons, it examines how care work and welfare arrangements have been shaped by national and global forces against the backdrop of changing gender relationships, the rise of female labour force participation, low fertility rates and population aging in East Asia. It particularly addresses the ‘feminization of migration’ which is a salient feature of migration in Asia today as more women from developing countries undertake domestic work and care work in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong. Addressing the issue of care in relation to employment, care and migration regimes in East Asia and the interaction among welfare regimes, labour markets and work-care balance, this collection provides an up-to-date assessment of gendered transnational migration in the region and sheds light on local and transnational policies and practices which aim to improve the welfare of families and migrant workers.

• Labour and Welfare Policy in Asia
• Migration Studies and East Asia
• Social Policy and Care Giving
• Gendered Migration Studies in Asia
• Gendered Care Work
• Population Aging and Economic Development in East Asia
• Work Life Balance
• Employment Regime and Social Policy

• Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

  Reiko Ogawa, Akiko S. Oishi

• City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Raymond K.H. Chan

• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Lih-Rong Wang

Reiko Ogawa is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.


Raymond K H Chan is Associate Professor  at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong.



Akiko S Oishi is Professor at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University.


Lih-Rong Wang is Professor at the Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University. 

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