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cord-349353-2ll9hzfr	Giordano, Chiara	Freedom or money? The dilemma of migrant live‐in elderly carers in times of COVID‐19	2020-07-04		.txt	text/plain	7540	274	48	Concerning the latter, as it has repeatedly been stressed, the COVID-19 crisis has and will have an impact on various aspects of gender equality, including the economic hardship falling on women whose economic position is precarious, which is the case of many single-parent households; the sharpening of domestic violence; the hazardous situation of workers in the frontline, the majority of whom are women; and the increased burden of unpaid care and housework responsibilities during the lockdown period 1 . Both elementsthe emotional ties between caregiver and care receiver and the position of live-in caregivers as 'quasi-family members'have crucial consequences on the lives and choices of live-in elderly carers in times of COVIDAs mentioned in the previous section, the very nature of care work, including the gendered construction of the ideals and values associated to it and the emotional labour that shapes their This article is protected by copyright.	./cache/cord-349353-2ll9hzfr.txt	./txt/cord-349353-2ll9hzfr.txt