The occupational (im)mobility of migrants in Italy

Belgiojoso, Elisa Barbiano di

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2017.1414585

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“…One of the few empirical studies examining the long-term impact of early assimilation experiences was Barbiano di Belgiojoso’s (2019) analysis of the role of labor market pathways on the occupational trajectories of newcomers in Italy. This study found that ethnic and gender segmentation in the Italian labor market held migrants back from upward mobility but that migrants could improve their occupational status over time by acquiring country-specific skills.…”

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“…This study found that ethnic and gender segmentation in the Italian labor market held migrants back from upward mobility but that migrants could improve their occupational status over time by acquiring country-specific skills. In addition, working in a higher number of jobs early in the settlement process was positively related to upward occupational mobility (Barbiano di Belgiojoso 2019), thus implying that job switching is an effective method of acquiring country-specific skills.…”

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Bridges or Barriers? The Relationship between Immigrants’ Early Labor Market Adversities and Long-term Earnings

Zhang

Banerjee

2021

International Migration Review

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Using data from the Extended Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC-IMDB), this article investigates the association between early adverse labor market experiences in the host country and immigrants’ long-term earnings. We use Growth Curve Modeling (GCM) to estimate how months of joblessness, part-time status, and occupational mismatch during the first four years in Canada relate to immigrant men’s and women’s earnings trajectories over the following 10 years. Part-time employment, we find, is negatively associated with long-term earnings trajectories for both male and female immigrants, and male immigrants who are occupationally mismatched in the medium term also face a long-term wage penalty. Months of joblessness early on, however, is associated with relatively less wage disadvantage in later years. Since immigrants’ early difficulties are associated with long-term economic scarring, it is imperative to introduce early interventions to promote rapid assimilation.

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Section: Path Dependency Perspective: a Theoretical Framework For Und...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Path Dependency Perspective: a Theoretical Framework For Und...mentioning

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Bridges or Barriers? The Relationship between Immigrants’ Early Labor Market Adversities and Long-term Earnings

Zhang

Banerjee

2021

International Migration Review

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“…Where childcare facilities are available, they are usually too expensive for migrants to afford (Bonizzoni, 2013). Migrant workers in Italy typically experience an initial downgrading in their job market position followed by occupational immobility (Barbiano di Belgiojoso, 2019; Fellini & Guetto, 2019). Upward mobility is estimated to affect only 10 per cent of migrants, mostly those with better professional status in their country of origin who have acquired sector‐specific skills and who have assimilated better into Italian society through longer stays (Barbiano di Belgiojoso, 2019).…”

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Labour market profiles of Albanian migrants in Italy: Evidence from Lombardy 2001–2015

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Belgiojoso

King

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International Migration

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“…Similarly, Barbiano di Belgiojoso andOrtensi (2019, p. 2545) show that migrants are satisfied with their jobs "if basic decent working conditions are guaranteed." Although their analysis is not limited to highly educated migrants, it is nonetheless in line with the experience of employment rights enabling the participants to perceive their subjective position positively.…”

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Bridging the Gap: Making Sense of the Disaccord between Migrants’ Education and Occupation

Waldendorf

2021

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Social mobility is a central topic of interest within sociology and whilst it has been theoretically linked to spatial mobility, there is still little empirical research on the interplay between the two. Using a subsample of highly educated family migrants from a German mixed-methods project, this study qualitatively analyses the impact of geographical mobility on objective social position and on its subjective perception. Six qualitative interviews are analysed and supplemented with descriptive quantitative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to firstly, reconstruct the spatial mobility trajectories of the individuals and secondly, determine their social position in Germany and ascertain whether they experienced occupational downgrading. These two analyses are integrated to explore how respondents experienced their change in social position. Across the board, respondents migrated as young adults, before or shortly after labour market entry. Five of the participants experienced occupational downgrading. Strikingly, this objective downgrading, whilst acknowledged, was not perceived negatively. The participants constructed a narrative that employed three legitimation strategies to cast their current social position in a positive light: (1) emphasising the rights, stability and security that they experience in Germany, (2) drawing attention to the economic improvement that they experienced and (3) displaying an inner attitude that is marked by modest life aspirations and a high regard for leisure time. By drawing on multinational frames of reference and thus drawing comparisons between their home country and Germany, participants highlighted the experienced benefits.

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The occupational (im)mobility of migrants in Italy

Cited by 18 publications

References 49 publications

Bridges or Barriers? The Relationship between Immigrants’ Early Labor Market Adversities and Long-term Earnings

Bridges or Barriers? The Relationship between Immigrants’ Early Labor Market Adversities and Long-term Earnings

Labour market profiles of Albanian migrants in Italy: Evidence from Lombardy 2001–2015

Bridging the Gap: Making Sense of the Disaccord between Migrants’ Education and Occupation

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