Table 1 Migrant care skill regimes: comparing Taiwan and Japan
From: Contested skills and constrained mobilities: migrant carework skill regimes in Taiwan and Japan
Taiwan | Japan (TITP) | |
|---|---|---|
Paradox | “Unskilled” yet desirable | “Skilled” yet culturally inadequate |
Migrant skills as political language and structure of governance | Binary hierarchy of skilled/unskilled | Undesirable “simple labor” Paternalistic “skill transfer” |
Care skills as social/cultural construction | Flexible labor and personal care | Professional inclusion and cultural exclusion |
Recruitment and training infrastructure | For-profit brokerage Training center as labor storehouse | Supervising organizations Training documentation as bureaucratic governance |
Labor market mobility | Horizontal across sectors | Vertical across visa categories |