Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2026
Abstract
Who profits from the commodification of care and how does such accumulation occur? Focusing on the case of the nursing care market, this paper shows how professional schools and local hospitals within source nations like the Philippines profit from nurses seeking the credentials to qualify for jobs overseas. While existing studies show how nursing skills are exploited and undervalued, this paper argues that it is the process of skilling itself that allows for the accumulation of profit, regardless of whether nurses leave their origin countries to work abroad. This study reveals how global care economies are tightly linked to local education markets where different actors profit from the production and certification of care skills.
Keywords
Care economy, migration, nursing, skill, education, Philippines
Discipline
Asian Studies | Nursing | Work, Economy and Organizations
Research Areas
Sociology
Publication
Economy and Society
First Page
1
Last Page
22
ISSN
0308-5147
Identifier
10.1080/03085147.2026.2631339
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Citation
ORTIGA, Yasmin Y..(2026). A market of care skills: Profiting from professional education and practice. Economy and Society, , 1-22.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4438
Copyright Owner and License
Authors-NC-ND
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2026.2631339