The Emigration of Irish Accountants: Economic Restructuring and Producer Services in the Periphery

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Hanlon
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Capitalist Economy ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Skilled Professional ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
The Way

This paper examines emigration patterns among Irish accountants in the context of the growth of an international labour market in highly skilled, professional work. It uses documentary sources and interviews with a sample of young Irish accountants to illustrate how changes in the international nature of accountancy has affected the profession in Ireland and have given rise to a particular kind of career-oriented emigration among accountants. These developments in turn are related to broader changes in the producer services sector of the economy in Ireland and in the way this sector is integrated into the international capitalist economy.

How policies select immigrants: The role of the recognition of foreign qualifications

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Andriescu
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
Similar Role ◽  
Employment Trajectories ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Admission Policies ◽  
Romanian Immigrants ◽  
The Way

Although immigrants’ settlement and integration into the labour market are subject to a number of regulations, previous research has primarily investigated the role of admission policies in selecting immigrants. There are other policies, however – such as the recognition of foreign qualifications – that fulfil a similar role, although these policies are largely overlooked in the literature. This study explores the way these policies select among wanted and unwanted highly skilled immigrants, subsequently facilitating or hindering their integration into jobs matched to their level and type of qualifications. This article draws on semi-structured interviews with highly skilled Romanian immigrants with various professional qualifications and focuses on their experiences with recognition processes in Germany over the last decade, highlighting the procedures’ effects on individuals’ upward or downward employment trajectories.

Factory Women, Redundancy and the Search for Work: Toward a Reconceptualisation of Employment and Unemployment

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Davies ◽  
Johanna Esseveld
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Way ◽  
Welfare State Policies

A number of social scientists (see for example, Allen et al., 1986; Brown, 1984; Purcell, 1985; Purcell et al., 1986; Roberts et al., 1985) have drawn attention to the way in which patterns of working have changed radically in recent years suggesting that we need to rethink and reconceptualise with regard to work, employment and unemployment. This paper examines these issues in Sweden where recession in the early eighties and economic restructuring, similar to the experience in other Western countries, have affected individuals' relation to the labour market. It is our view that the effects of these developments (have) affect(ed) women and immigrants differently. It is furthermore our contention that welfare state policies related to the functioning of the labour market (inadvertently) play a role in the maintenance of inequality.

scholarly journals Skilled Migrants in the Swedish Labour Market: An Analysis of Employment, Income and Occupational Status

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3428
Author(s):  
Nahikari Irastorza ◽  
Pieter Bevelander
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Highly Skilled Migrants ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Employment Rates

In a globalised world with an increasing division of labour, the competition for highly skilled individuals—regardless of their origin—is growing, as is the value of such individuals for national economies. Yet the majority of studies analysing the economic integration of immigrants shows that those who are highly skilled also have substantial hurdles to overcome: their employment rates and salaries are lower and they face a higher education-to-occupation mismatch compared to highly skilled natives. This paper contributes to the paucity of studies on the employment patterns of highly skilled immigrants to Sweden by providing an overview of the socio-demographic characteristics, labour-market participation and occupational mobility of highly educated migrants in Sweden. Based on a statistical analysis of register data, we compare their employment rates, salaries and occupational skill level and mobility to those of immigrants with lower education and with natives. The descriptive analysis of the data shows that, while highly skilled immigrants perform better than those with a lower educational level, they never catch up with their native counterparts. Our regression analyses confirm these patterns for highly skilled migrants. Furthermore, we find that reasons for migration matter for highly skilled migrants’ employment outcomes, with labour migrants having better employment rates, income and qualification-matched employment than family reunion migrants and refugees.

Potenziale und Risiken im Dienstleistungseinkauf

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Sorge
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Core Business ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Angesichts der zunehmenden Bedeutung von Dienstleistungen als Wirtschaftsfaktor – bei wachsender Industrialisierung und Globalisierung – steigt auch die Bedeutung des Einkaufs von Dienstleistungen. Das vorliegende Werk schlägt dabei einen Bogen von der Entstehung der Dienstleistungen bis hin zur zukünftigen Entwicklung der Dienstleistungsbranche. Worin insbesondere die Potenziale und Risiken im Dienstleistungseinkauf liegen, wird an Beispielen wie der Implementierung eines Risikomanagements, der Bündelung von Gütern und Dienstleistungen sowie der Bildung von Kooperationen und Netzwerken dargestellt. Die Facetten der Dienstleistungen reichen dabei von der Ergänzung zum Kerngeschäft (Services) über das Angebot reiner Dienstleistungen bis hin zum Dienstleistungsmarketing. In view of the increasing significance of services as an economic factor – along with increasing industrialisation and globalisation – the purchasing of services is also increasing in importance. This work starts with the origins of services and goes all the way to the future development of the services sector. The particular potentials and risks involved in purchasing services are shown by examples such as the implementation of risk management, the bundling of products and services, and building co-operation and networks. The different aspects of services range from those which complement the core business, to those where only services are provided, to the marketing of services. Keywords: risikomanagement, netzwerke, maverick buying, marktrecherchen, kostenrecherchen, after sales gewinn

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 157-166
Author(s):  
Anthony Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Service Economy ◽  
Everyday Experience ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology ◽  
Market Practice ◽  
Individual Needs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The conclusion offers a comprehensive summary of the arguments presented in the previous pages. The chapter highlights the various management practices and labour market conditions within the service economy and the impact this has upon the employee. It also reflects upon the imperatives of capitalism and neoliberal ideology and the impact upon subjectivities that display a willingness to harm in order to advance individual needs. In returning to the concept of harm, the chapter concludes that contacts do not necessarily see their experience as harmful as it reflects labour market practice at the level of everyday experience; it is simply the way it is. However, in returning to the idea of recognition and flourishing, or the search for stability and fixity, the harms of work are increasingly problematic and must be addressed.

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