Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Publication Title

Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies

Volume

9

Issue

1

First Page

65

Last Page

71

Abstract

The 1 historic trend of domestic work as one of the main sources of employment among Latin American women continues even today. There is no doubt that among low-income women in the region, it is the occupational niche par excellence (ILO, 2012; CEPAL, 2015). As in the past, it is a job that is scarcely acknowledged and poorly paid while providing workers with limited social protection. The high levels of inequality in the region, the low barriers to entry to the occupation (in terms of required qualifications) and the lack of other job alternatives give the supply of poor women's labor a high degree of elasticity in terms of the demand for paid domestic work in more well off households (Cortés, 2010). However, there have been some changes and significant advances in the past few years that merit attention. The works included in this Dossier provide an overview of the transformations this sector has experienced over the years and present different approaches to analyzing this occupation.

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