The occupational attainment and job security of immigrant children in Spain

Comet, Jacobo Muñoz; Arcarons, Albert F.

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2021.1935662

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“…Among those who find a job, ethnic minorities are poorly matched to their job in terms of their specific skill set, and they are less satisfied with their job than their native peers, even though there is no ethnic-related earnings penalty. These results, which to some extent are different from those obtained in Spain by Muñoz-Comet and Arcarons (2021), can be due to the large differences in the transition from education to the labour market between the Southern Europe and the Netherlands.…”

Section: Labour Market Trajectoriescontrasting

confidence: 85%

Breaking down the barriers: educational paths, labour market outcomes and wellbeing of children of immigrants

Galasso

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2021

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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The goal of successfully incorporating ethnic minorities represents a decisive challenge for modern societies. However, migratory background continues to negatively affect the life trajectories of migrants' descendants. 'Hard' and 'soft' barriers determine longterm inequality gaps and low intergenerational social mobility in both longstanding and more recent European immigration countries. This special issue complements the sparse findings on education, labour market outcome and wellbeing relating to immigrant offspring by providing original insight in order to individuate strategies for removing the obstacles that the descendants of migrants face. In-depth analyses have been performed for specific Southern European contexts in order to explore the specific inequality patterns that are emerging in these more recent and unexplored immigration contexts. The main findings suggest that the lower academic performances of immigrants' descendants can be raised through language-support programmes, mentoring programmes, positive role and disciplinary climate, extra-scholastic activities and parental involvement. Equality opportunities in education should support school-to-work transitions and better allocate the underutilised human capital reserves of migrants' descendants. Conversely, long-lasting penalties in educational careers and integration processes may arise when children are physically separated from their parents because of delayed family reunification.

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Section: Labour Market Trajectoriescontrasting

confidence: 85%