Unemployment Patterns of Local-Born and Migrant Youth in a Postcolonial Society: A Double Cohort Analysis

In this study, we use postcolonial and migration literature to discuss the differences in the labor market participation of the local-born and migrant youth populations in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a British colony until it was returned to China in 1997. Drawing on the 1996, 2006, and 2016 Hong Kong Census data, we use the “double cohort” method to compare how the birth and migration cohorts are related to the patterns of unemployment in Hong Kong. We find that the birth and migration cohorts are independently related to the unemployment rate, that they strongly interact with the likelihood of youth unemployment, and that migrant youths have benefited from the postcolonial environment and have lower rates of unemployment. Specifically, those who are younger and who arrived in Hong Kong after 1997 are less likely to be unemployed than those who are older and resided in Hong Kong before 1997.

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Youth Labor Market Integration in European Regions

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12093813 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 3813

Author(s):

Ruggero Cefalo ◽

Rosario Scandurra ◽

Yuri Kazepov

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Market Integration ◽

Structural Characteristics ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

School To Work ◽

Labor Market Participation ◽

The European Union ◽

Labor Market Integration ◽

Youth Labor Market ◽

Wide Range

Countries’ institutional configurations and structural characteristics play an important role in shaping transitions from school to work. Recent empirical evidence shows significant regional and territorial differences in youth unemployment and labor market participation. Along this research strand, we argue in favor of a place-sensitive approach to youth labor market integration in order to address the regional disparities of young people’s opportunities. In order to investigate the synergic effect of different contextual configurations, we construct a composite measure, namely, the youth labor market integration (YLMI) index. This considers a wide range of indicators of the access, exclusion, and duration of the transition into employment at the regional level. The YLMI index allows cross-regional and longitudinal comparisons of the European Union (EU) local labor markets and youth employment opportunities.

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Labor market integration of non-Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2011: Structure of global market or White privilege?

Chinese Journal of Sociology ◽

10.1177/2057150x17748533 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 79-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yuying Tong ◽

Wenyang Su ◽

Eric Fong

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Labor Market ◽

Market Integration ◽

White Privilege ◽

Census Data ◽

Chinese Immigrants ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Global Market ◽

The North ◽

Dominant Society

Previous studies of Hong Kong immigrants have largely focused on those Chinese from the mainland, and less attention has been paid to non-Chinese immigrants. As exceptions to this, a few studies have focused on the channels of non-Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, but less research has examined their labor market outcomes. This is partly because theories about immigrants in Asia’s global city are underdeveloped, and the traditional labor market assimilation theory based on the North American and European experience may not easily translate to the case of global cities in Asia. In this research, we examine the employment status, occupational rank, and earnings outcomes of Chinese and non-Chinese immigrants from the perspectives of global economic structure and White privilege. Using 5% Hong Kong census/by-census data from 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011, we draw two major conclusions. First, in the Hong Kong labor market, immigrants from more developed countries enjoy a labor market advantage, which demonstrates the advantages of core-nation origin. In contrast, their counterparts from peripheral nations are penalized. The labor market gap between immigrants from core nations and peripheral nations grew at the turn of the 21st century but narrowed in 2006. Second, White immigrants are privileged in the Hong Kong labor market, showing that White privilege has been transmitted to a non-White-dominant society.

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Sometimes a Crime: Illegal Immigration and Hong Kong

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128793039003006 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 355-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jon Vagg

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Labor Market ◽

Policy Implementation ◽

Illegal Immigration ◽

Illegal Immigrants ◽

Social Unrest ◽

Legal Provisions ◽

British Foreign Policy ◽

British Colony

This article deals with the policies controlling migration from China to the British colony of Hong Kong. Immigrants have been responded to in different ways by the Hong Kong authorities, and often there has been a significant gap between legal provisions and policy implementation. The author argues that the primary determinants of the treatment of illegal immigrants in Hong Kong have been the economy and labor market, the fear of social unrest, and British foreign policy toward China. It is also pointed out that Hong Kong policies toward illegal immigrants have been used as political negotiating points by the Chinese authorities.

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The gender gap in labor market participation and employment: A cohort analysis for West Germany

Journal of Population Economics ◽

10.1007/s00148-003-0141-6 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 83-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Bernd Fitzenberger ◽

Reinhold Schnabel ◽

Gaby Wunderlich

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Cohort Analysis ◽

West Germany ◽

Labor Market Participation ◽

Market Participation

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Cohorts Experiences of Youth Labour Market Transitions in New Zealand

Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand ◽

10.26686/lew.v0i0.1630 ◽

1970 ◽

Author(s):

David Rea ◽

Paul Callister

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

Census Data ◽

Youth Unemployment ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Youth Labour Market ◽

Labour Market Transitions ◽

And Migration ◽

Market Transitions

This paper investigates the changing nature of young peoples' transition into the labour market over the last 30 years. The paper uses census data from 1976 to 2006 to compare the experiences of cohorts of young people born in New Zealand. A range of outcomes are analysed including living with parents, participation in education, employment, partnering, having children and migration. We find that transitions into the labour market have changed considerably over the last 30 years. We also find that the cohorts of young people born in the late 1960s and early 1970s experienced somewhat different outcomes compared to both the preceding as well as later cohorts. We attribute this to the fact that these cohorts entered the labour market in the late 1980s and early 1990s at a time of high overall unemployment. Our findings have important policy implications, particularly given the current recession and rising rates of youth unemployment.

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Şarlatan Yolcusu ve Göç Edebiyatı: Çatışma Modeli bağlamında bir okuma

GÖÇ DERGİSİ ◽

10.33182/gd.v5i2.604 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 175-184

Author(s):

Onur Kemal Bazarkaya

Keyword(s):

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ◽

German Literature ◽

Scientific Discourse ◽

Friedrich Schiller ◽

Migration Literature ◽

Modern Times ◽

Christoph Martin Wieland ◽

Conflict Model ◽

Ideal Standards ◽

And Migration

Orta Çağdan hemen sonra gelen Yeni Çağın başlarındaki bilimsel tartışmalarda şarlatanlar çok büyük bir önem taşırdı; çünkü o dönemde söz sahibi olan bilim insanları onları olumsuz örnekler olarak görür ve bu olumsuzlukları kullanarak bilim için ideal ölçütler saptarlardı. Bilimde bu şekilde “negatif figür” (Hole Rößler) olarak gösterilen şarlatanlar, edebiyatta daha çeşitli ve kompleks biçimlerde ortaya çıkmakta, hatta kimi zaman karizmatik kişilikler olarak tasvir edilmektedir. Bu durum özellikle şarlatan figürünün yoğun bir şekilde sahnelendiği Alman Edebiyatında 18. yüzyılın sonlarında, 19. yüzyılın başlarında görülmektedir. Aynı zamanda söz konusu devirde yazılmış eserlerdeki şarlatanların neredeyse hiçbirinin yerleşik yaşam insanı olmadığı göze çarpmaktadır. Bitmeyen yolculukları gibi bu bağlamda sürekli kıyafet değiştirmeleri ve rol yapmaları da onların kişiliklerine esrarengiz bir hava katmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Christoph Martin Wieland, Friedrich Schiller ve Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’ye ait eserlerdeki şarlatan karakterinin farklı işlevleri irdelenecektir. Çalışmanın sonucunda şimdiye kadar gözardı edilmiş şarlatan figürüyle birlikte Göç Edebiyatı kapsamındaki araştırmalara yeni bir bakış açısı kazandırmak hedeflendirmektedir.ABSTRACT IN ENGLISHCharlatan Traveller and Migration Literature: A Reading with the Conflict Model At the beginning of modern times, charlatans emerged as of great importance to the scientific discourse of those spokesmen of the scholar community who use them as negative examples and thus define ideal standards for their profession. Charlatans were seen as “negative figures” (Hole Rößler) in science; however, the way they were judged in literature was more complex and varied, and, in some texts, they even seem congenial and charismatic. This phenomenon can be noticed in German literature especially around 1800 when the charlatan figure is used very often. Moreover, it is conspicuous that charlatans in literary depictions of this period generally have no home and travel around constantly. Furthermore, the fact that they change their clothing and camouflage permanently offers to their identity a mysterious dimension. In the field of studies designated as ,Literature and Migration’, this paper aims to provide interpretative perspectives and, in this respect, examines the issue concerning the poetic functions of charlatan travellers as rendered textually in a number of relevant passages chosen from the works of Christoph Martin Wieland, Friedrich Schiller, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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