Do Tied Movers Get Tied Down? The Occupational Displacement of Dependent Applicant Immigrants in Canada

Banerjee, Rupa; Phan, Mai B.

doi:10.1007/s12134-014-0341-9

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“…The fact that the women's possibilities to fully participate in the labour market is dependent on whether or not they are the ones responsible for collecting their children from school and taking care of household chores or whether there is someone else who can take that role, can be seen as both structural and cultural. This corresponds with previous research stating that newly arrived immigrants who do not have functional social networks or support structures, are particularly affected by the "motherhood penalty" (Adsera and Chiswick 2007;Banerjee and Phan, 2015). This also connects with the view in most cultures that women are still viewed as the main caretaker, whilst men are seen as the breadwinners (Stam, Verbakel, and de Graaf 2014;Ala-Mantila and Fleischmann, 2018).…”

Section: The Morphogenesis Of Gendered Timesupporting

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Getting and Keeping a Foot in the Door: Strategies by Migrant and Informal Sector Women to Remain Relevant in the Labour Market

2019

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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 and 8 focus on gender equality; decent work and economic growth respectively. The achievement of these goals requires a realization that gender parity is significant to the growth of global economies, and that meaningful inclusion of women in the labour market is a major contributor to reducing the global gender gap. Over the years, there has been an increase in the participation of women in the labour market. Despite the various measures put in place, this inclusion continues to be hampered by structural and cultural factors. However stereotypic roles and responsibilities as well as systematic structural inequalities within the labour market continue to serve as barriers to optimal involvement and participation in gainful employment. This article seeks to explore these gender related inequalities that threaten to exacerbate women's economic vulnerability and dependence for specific localized groups of women in Kenya and Sweden. Using a framework based on structure, culture and agency, the article illuminates how these women navigate challenges presented by the nature of the job, multiplicity of roles and language as an empowering tool. Key insights from the study established that the women in the different contexts experienced similar threats and used their agency to maneuver these so as to participate as effectively as they could in the labour market. The coping mechanisms employed by these women present opportunities for policy makers and advisors in both contexts to explore in the quest to improve women's participation in the workforce.

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Section: The Morphogenesis Of Gendered Timesupporting

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Getting and Keeping a Foot in the Door: Strategies by Migrant and Informal Sector Women to Remain Relevant in the Labour Market

2019

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“…The general struggle to coordinate family and work life is aggravated after migration. This is due to changing demands and the loss of former support networks (Banerjee & Phan, 2015;…”

Section: Factors Influencing the Labour Market Participation Of Accommentioning

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“…"This is not a career move"this was clearly expressed by an interviewee who accompanied her husband on a work-related move from Denmark to the UK. The fact that family migration is rarely beneficial for the labour market participation of accompanying partners is reflected throughout the literature on tied migration (Banerjee & Phan, 2015;Cooke, 2007;Raghuram, 2004). Moreover, terms like "trailing wife" (Ackers, 2004, p. 191) and the female partners' "employment sacrifices" (Yeoh & Willis, 2005, p. 211) point to the gendered nature of family migration and the gendered effects of family migration on labour market participation (Cooke, 2001;Raghuram, 2004).…”

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“This is not a career move” - accompanying partners’ labour market participation after migration

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2019

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In recent years, an increasingly international competition for highly-skilled professionals has become apparent. Many countries try to attract highly-skilled migrants and to keep them for the long term. These countries also allow the immigration of close family members, who are expected to play an important role in the decision to migrate and to stay in a country. However, accompanying partners often face significant difficulties when entering the foreign labour market. The paper is based on 26 qualitative interviews with the accompanying partners of highly-skilled migrants in the United Kingdom [UK]. It explores the challenges that they face when trying to take up work after migration, elaborates on their strategies of finding work and examines the conditions for their labour market integration. The paper draws on Bourdieu's concept of capital accumulation and conversion and asks how partners negotiate the value of their cultural capital after migration. In order to better understand their professional integration, accompanying partners' positions after migration are related to their career plans before migration. Consequently, the paper differentiates between family migrants who use their expatriation as an occasion for a career change, family migrants who continue their career abroad and family migrants who wish to continue their career, but do not succeed.

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“…Over time, they become more familiar with the dynamics of a new job market (Banerjee & Phan, 2015). In the hope to achieve rapid labour market integration, most immigrants focus on improving their language skills and on acquiring local experience and education.…”

Section: A Review Of Research Identifying Barriers To Immigrants' Labmentioning

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“…In the hope to achieve rapid labour market integration, most immigrants focus on improving their language skills and on acquiring local experience and education. However, most of the time, such improvements in human capital are not matched by proportionate success in the job market (Banerjee & Phan, 2015;Chiswick & Miller, 2003;Reitz, 2001a).…”

Section: A Review Of Research Identifying Barriers To Immigrants' Labmentioning

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Barriers to immigrant women's labor force integration : a phenomenological study based in Prince George, BC

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The study investigated the lived experiences of visible minority immigrant (VMI) women and their economic integration in Canada, using Prince George as a case study. The thesis explored the barriers to labour market integration of a sample of VMI women, using phenomenological research methods. For data collection face-to -face interviews were conducted with 10 recently migrated VMI women residing in Prince George, BC. Major findings of the study revealed nine barriers, out of which, four (cultural differences, lack of access to affordable and reliable childcare, discrimination, and credential assessment challenges) were found to be more prominent. The study concluded with recommended policy initiatives that may ease the economic integration of VMI women, such as bridging programs and subsidized childcare. The study concluded that a proactive shift in the mind frames of immigrant women may facilitate their integration by better preparing them to handle various challenges accompanying the settlement experience.

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Do Tied Movers Get Tied Down? The Occupational Displacement of Dependent Applicant Immigrants in Canada

Cited by 34 publications

References 40 publications

Getting and Keeping a Foot in the Door: Strategies by Migrant and Informal Sector Women to Remain Relevant in the Labour Market

Getting and Keeping a Foot in the Door: Strategies by Migrant and Informal Sector Women to Remain Relevant in the Labour Market

“This is not a career move” - accompanying partners’ labour market participation after migration

Barriers to immigrant women's labor force integration : a phenomenological study based in Prince George, BC

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