Global Householding-A study of transnational care work in the ageing societies

这个研究项目试图将所谓的“全球持家”作为社会科学领域内的一个严肃的研究课题。“全球持家”是一个比血缘家庭更广泛的概念，因此包括女佣、护理人员、Au pair、国际收养和婚姻，以便掌握全球时代围绕亲密领域的新动力。该项目选择以东亚国家为重点，并设法澄清护理工作国际化的逻辑。特别是，发达国家的两性平等和老龄化以及婴儿数量减少，加上国家财政拮据和传统的男女劳动分工，导致人们把目光投向发展中国家的妇女，她们来填补“护理赤字”。'

This research project attempted to establish the so-called 'global householding' as a serious subject to study within the field of social science.'Global householding' is a concept wider than the blood-based family, thus embracing house maids, care-workers, au pair, international adoption and marriages, so as to grasp the new dynamism surrounding the intimate spheres in a global era. The project has chosen to focus on East Asian countries, and managed to clarify the logic according to which care work is being internationalized. In particular, gender equality and ageing with fewer babies in developed countries, coupled with the fiscal constraints of the State and the traditional division of labour between man and woman, have led to look to the women in developing countries, who have come to fill the 'care deficit.'