Tied and Troubled: Revisiting Tied Migration and Subsequent Employment

Krieger, Magdalena

doi:10.1111/jomf.12620

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“…Another important gender consideration for partnered immigrant women's employment is their migration order, though to our knowledge, few studies investigate this in the European context. Krieger (2019) shows that both male and female lead immigrants enter the German labor market earlier than their tied (or equal) counterparts, but only male lead immigrants benefit in a higher employment probability. Thus, the gender imbalance in the selection into tied migration likely contributes to the gender gap in outcomes on the new labor market (if they choose to enter at all) (Krieger 2019).…”

Section: Gender Gap Among Immigrantsmentioning

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The labor market integration of immigrant women in Europe: context, theory, and evidence

Schieckoff

Sprengholz

2021

SN Soc Sci

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In this overview, we seek to provide a comprehensive resource for scholars of female immigrant labor market integration in Europe, to act both as a reference and a roadmap for future studies in this domain. We begin by presenting a contextual history of immigration to and within Europe since the Second World War, before outlining the major theoretical assumptions about immigrant women’s labor market disadvantage. We then synthesize the empirical findings from quantitative studies published between 2000 and 2020 and analyze how they line up with the theoretical predictions. We supplement the review with descriptive analyses using data from 2019, which expose any discrepancies between the current situation in European countries and the situation during the time periods considered in the reviewed studies. Our review has three main take-aways. First, the theoretically relevant determinants of immigrant women’s labor market integration are generally supported by empirical evidence, but the unexplained heterogeneity that remains in many cases between immigrant women and other groups on the labor market calls for more systematic and comprehensive investigations. Second, quantitative studies which take a holistic approach to studying the labor market disadvantages of immigrant women—and all the considerations related to their gender and nativity that this entails—are rare in this body of literature, and future studies should address this. Third, fruitful avenues for future contributions to this field include expanding on certain overlooked outcomes, like immigrant women’s self-employment, as well as geographic regions that until now have received little attention, especially by employing the most recent data.

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Section: Gender Gap Among Immigrantsmentioning

confidence: 96%

The labor market integration of immigrant women in Europe: context, theory, and evidence

Schieckoff

Sprengholz

2021

SN Soc Sci

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“…Often it is assumed that women who immigrate for family reasons have a very low motivation to enter the labour market. While several studies have shown that this is indeed the case (Ballarino & Panichella 2018;Basilio, Bauer & Sinning 2009;Krieger 2020), it should also be acknowledged that channels of migration to Germany are heavily restricted for immigrants from certain origins. For example, even for economically motivated migrants from outside the EU, the only option to legally enter Germany may be as a family migrant.…”

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The labor market participation of recently-arrived immigrant women in Germany

Schieckoff

Diehl

2021

JFamRes

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Objective: This article investigates the role of motivation in female immigrants' labour force participation. Focusing on recently-arrived immigrants (who have resided in the host country for 18 months or less), we compare the outcomes of two different ethnic groups in Germany: Poles and Turks. Background: The immigrant integration literature tends to focus on the role of resources in immigrant labour market integration. However, when examining particularly the labour force participation of female immigrants, their motivation for joining the labour force is also important. Previous studies of female immigrants in Germany have often neglected this consideration, which includes aspects like culturally-specific gender values and perceived ethnic discrimination. Method: We use data from the SCIP project (Diehl et al., 2015) to conduct logistic regressions on female immigrants’ labour force participation. Our sample includes 829 female immigrants from Poland and Turkey between the ages of 18-60, who were either active in the labour force or were 'at risk' of entering. Results: In line with previous studies, our analysis shows that female immigrants' labour market resources, mainly their prior work experience and German proficiency, greatly reduce the ethnic gap in labour force participation rates. Moreover, motivational factors have a large impact on this outcome for both groups, and greatly enhance the picture that our empirical models present. However, we find no evidence that perceived ethnic discrimination plays an important role. Conclusion: Our analysis indicates that when seeking to understand the labour market participation of female immigrants, their resources and motivation should be seen as key components of a gender-sensitive analysis.

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“…For some aspects of integration, such as employment and German language proficiency, retrospectively provided, pre-migration data is also available. This allows for analysis of changes in migrants' lives since their arrival in Germany (Krieger 2020b).…”

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Growing Potentials for Migration Research using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study

Jacobsen

Krieger

Schikora

et al. 2021

Jahrbücher Für Nationalökonomie Und Statistik

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This article highlights the potentials for migration research using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), a longitudinal panel dataset of private households in Germany running since 1984. We provide a concise overview of its basic features, describe the survey contents and research potentials, and demonstrate opportunities to link external data sources to the SOEP thereby presenting its diverse and impactful applications in migration research.

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Tied and Troubled: Revisiting Tied Migration and Subsequent Employment

Cited by 33 publications

References 44 publications

The labor market integration of immigrant women in Europe: context, theory, and evidence

The labor market integration of immigrant women in Europe: context, theory, and evidence

The labor market participation of recently-arrived immigrant women in Germany

Growing Potentials for Migration Research using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study

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