Immigrazione, lavoro, crisi economica in una prospettiva territoriale

Avola, Maurizio

doi:10.3280/mm2013-001004

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“…Thus, foreign workers in Italy have high chances of being employed (without significant differences compared to natives) but, at the same time, are highly segregated, as confirmed by some cross-national studies Panichella, 2015, 2018;Fullin, 2014;Reyneri and Fullin, 2011). The onset of the economic crisis in 2008 did not modify this situation (Avola, 2013(Avola, , 2018Fellini, 2018;Fellini and Fullin, 2018;Panichella, 2018): while the native labour force in high-qualified jobs with good employment conditions has decreased, immigrants have been the driver of the growth of low-skilled, low-income and insecure employment in the country. 1 On this ground, the present work aims to investigate the occupational trajectories of immigrants in Italy and to understand whether their high segregation in the unskilled jobs is a permanent condition or if there are some chances for upward mobility during their stay in the host country.…”

Section: Introduction: Immigrants In the Italian Labour Marketmentioning

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“…Thus, foreign workers in Italy have high chances of being employed (without significant differences compared to natives) but, at the same time, are highly segregated, as confirmed by some cross-national studies (Ballarino and Panichella, 2015, 2018; Fullin, 2014; Reyneri and Fullin, 2011). The onset of the economic crisis in 2008 did not modify this situation (Avola, 2013, 2018; Fellini, 2018; Fellini and Fullin, 2018; Panichella, 2018): while the native labour force in high-qualified jobs with good employment conditions has decreased, immigrants have been the driver of the growth of low-skilled, low-income and insecure employment in the country. 1…”

Section: Introduction: Immigrants In the Italian Labour Marketmentioning

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Ethnic penalty and occupational mobility in the Italian labour market

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The article examines the occupational mobility of immigrants in Italy in a double perspective. First, this work compares immigrants and natives in order to understand whether, and to what extent, in a country characterized overall by low social mobility, natives and migrants have the same chances for improving their social position, or the latter are disadvantaged on an ethnic basis that affects their career (research question 1). Then, the article investigates what are the factors (referring to immigrants’ human capital, socio-cultural assimilation process and ethnic network) fostering occupational mobility among immigrants (research question 2). We conduct an ordinary least squares analysis on microdata from two retrospective cross-sectional surveys, for natives and migrants, with the same sample design, questionnaire structure and variable classification, thereby allowing the comparison of results. The empirical findings confirm that intra-generational occupational mobility in Italy is overall very limited but that geographical origin is a significant factor influencing upward mobility. Thus, the existence of an ethnic penalty is confirmed. Furthermore, among migrants, high human capital improves (short-range) upward mobility, while the socio-cultural assimilation process only partly leads to economic assimilation. Conversely, the recourse to the ethnic network acts as a trap in low-qualified occupational careers, hindering an improvement of socio-economic position.

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Section: Introduction: Immigrants In the Italian Labour Marketmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Thus, foreign workers in Italy have high chances of being employed (without significant differences compared to natives) but, at the same time, are highly segregated, as confirmed by some cross-national studies (Ballarino and Panichella, 2015, 2018; Fullin, 2014; Reyneri and Fullin, 2011). The onset of the economic crisis in 2008 did not modify this situation (Avola, 2013, 2018; Fellini, 2018; Fellini and Fullin, 2018; Panichella, 2018): while the native labour force in high-qualified jobs with good employment conditions has decreased, immigrants have been the driver of the growth of low-skilled, low-income and insecure employment in the country. 1…”

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Ethnic penalty and occupational mobility in the Italian labour market

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“…In a capitalist economy, economic factors matter because they contribute to the material condition of independence from the welfare benefits. For example, migrants who have regular employment can obtain permanent resident status (Avola, 2013). However, Milan represents a field of possibilities with limited receptiveness concerning mobility, in particular in terms of employment market and legal statuses.…”

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“…However, Milan represents a field of possibilities with limited receptiveness concerning mobility, in particular in terms of employment market and legal statuses. The current Italian economic situation, including the relatively rich city of Milan, often frustrates mobility efforts (Avola, 2013). Forced migrants are often pushed into taking irregular and precarious jobs that do not guarantee stability or independence from welfare.…”

Section: The Politics Of Discomfort and The Refugee Citymentioning

confidence: 99%