scholarly journals Refugees’ trajectories in Switzerland: Impact of residence permits on labour market integration

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-99
Author(s):  
Anne-Laure Bertrand
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Geneva Convention ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

Life course trajectories of refugee populations in European countries highly depend on the various statuses and residence permits that are assigned to them. Taking the case study of Switzerland, this article aims at showing the impact of the legal framework on refugees’ chances of labour market integration. The term «refugee» here refers to all the individuals who came to Switzerland seeking asylum, no matter the outcome of the asylum procedure – and not only to those who obtained the status as defined by the 1951 Geneva Convention. In this study, the longitudinal follow‐up of the individuals is made possible by the matching of data from several population registers. From a descriptive point of view, sequence analysis allows the visualization of refugees’ trajectories from their arrival in the country – in terms of both residence permits and of labour market participation. Survival analysis models then show the concordance between the administrative status and the economic status, the access to more stable permits increasing significantly the chances of labour market integration. As a consequence, those who remain for many years with the most precarious permits (asylum seekers and provisionally admitted persons) go through a process of cumulative disadvantage. Although the economic vulnerability of refugees has been highlighted previously, this paper shows that within the refugee population, the host countries’ legislation creates an additional hierarchy, based on the residence permits, that further widens inequalities.

scholarly journals Από την εκπαίδευση στην αμειβόμενη εργασία: Εμπειρική διερεύνηση της εργασιακής ένταξης των νέων στην Ελλάδα

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Μαρία Καραμεσίνη
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Labour Market Entry

<p>The paper empirically investigates the transition of youth from education to work in Greece by using a macroeconomic and dynamic approach. It examines in particular the labour market integration of young graduates of the year 1999<br />by educational attainment level and gender, as well as the difficulties they had in stabilizing in employment during 2000-2005. The paper also discusses the impact of the economic context at the moment of graduation and during the first years after labour market entry by comparing employment performance of the 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 cohorts, one, three and five years after graduation. The methodology used for the empirical analysis consists of the creation of pseudopanels and the estimation of a number of indicators of labour market integration for consecutive years.</p>

scholarly journals The Vocational Specificity of Educational Systems and Youth Labour Market Integration: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 720-740
Author(s):  
Lieselotte Blommaert ◽  
Ardita Muja ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Maarten H J Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Youth Labour Market ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Youth Labour

Abstract Comparative research on the impact of the vocational specificity of educational systems on youth labour market integration has expanded rapidly in the past decades. The present study reviews this body of research, focusing on how it has conceptualized the vocational specificity of educational systems and theorized its effect on youth labour market integration. Moreover, this study synthesizes the empirical evidence compiled in this research using a meta-analytical approach. Our review reveals that this research area is theoretically fragmented. A commonly accepted definition of the vocational specificity of educational systems is lacking and various theoretical approaches and conceptual frameworks are invoked to theorize the effect of vocational specificity, while exact mechanisms that are assumed to underlie the effect are often left unspecified. Our meta-analysis includes 105 effect estimates nested in 19 studies, published between 2003 and 2018, that used methods enabling a formal meta-analytical comparison. Results show that the overall average effect is positive and statistically significant but its magnitude is modest and there is substantial variability in the size and even direction of observed effects. We find that this variability is partly driven by which aspect of labour market integration was examined and which measure of vocational specificity was used.

scholarly journals “Enchanted with Europe”: Family Migration and European Law on Labour-Market Integration

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-113
Author(s):  
Irina Isaakyan ◽  
Anna Triandafyllidou
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Case Law ◽  
European Law ◽  
Family Migration ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
State Affect ◽  
Desk Research

AbstractThis chapter explores the European legal platform for alleviating the main barriers in the labor market integration of dependent family migrants in the EU. Namely, the chapter looks at the work of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in relation to cases that involve recognition of professional qualifications and establishment of residence status. The study looks at how family reunification provisions, EU citizen status and in particular provisions for EU citizens and their family members when they move to another Member State, affect indirectly the status situation of third country nationals and their labour market integration by facilitating or hampering the recognition of their skills. This chapter is based on desk research, notably literature review (including published reports from the SIRIUS research) and analysis of legislative documents (EU Directives and ECJ case-law). We specifically look at the ECJ case-law on status and recognition and at related Directives involving family migrants. We study conditions under which the ECJ makes a decision in favour of the migrant-plaintiff. The discussion of our findings shows a complex interplay between family migration, gender bias and European law.

Healing or Deepening the Scars of Unemployment? The Impact of Activation Policies on Unemployed Workers

2019 ◽  
pp. 095001701988290
Author(s):  
Lukas Fervers
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scarring Effects

Unemployment has severe consequences that persist over the life course, including higher risk of future unemployment and worse employment conditions. While the existence of scarring effects has become conventional wisdom, labour market sociologists have pointed out that their magnitude differs between institutional contexts. Recently, the focus of the discussion has shifted towards the role of activation policies, which are suspected to speed up labour market integration but worsen reemployment quality, hereby deepening the scarring effects of unemployment. To contribute to this discussion, this article provides an analysis of the impact of a large-scale counselling and monitoring scheme on unemployed workers by means of matching/weighting analyses. In contrast to sanctions, the counselling and monitoring programme fosters labour market integration without impairing job quality. Apparently, activation programmes pose a danger of impairing job quality, but this negative effect can be avoided for programmes based on more emphatic governance principles.

The role of social enterprises in facilitating labour market integration for people with disabilities: A convenient deflection from policy mainstreaming?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
CHERYL HIU-KWAN CHUI ◽  
CHEE HON CHAN ◽  
YANTO CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Labour Market Integration ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Work Integration ◽  
Disability Employment

Abstract Policymakers have increasingly embraced social enterprises as a vehicle to create job opportunities for the disadvantaged. However, there is limited research on social enterprises in the context of disability in relation to labour market integration. Drawing on the perspectives of representatives of work integration social enterprises and people with disabilities employed in these enterprises (n=21), this study examines whether and how work integration social enterprises promote inclusion for people with disabilities, and also explores the role of WISEs in enabling people with disabilities to transition into open employment. Thematic analysis revealed three key emergent themes: Cocooned inclusion but not transition; Reinforced normative demarcation; and WISEs as a deflection from institutionalizing proactive disability policy measures. This article argues that, although WISEs were able to provide job opportunities for people with disabilities, their purported function in enabling disabled people to transition into open employment remains constrained by factors beyond their control including prevailing norms and the absence of proactive disability employment measures. This article cautions against the over-romanticisation of WISEs as the primary means to ensure the rights of people with disabilities to participate in the labour market. Implications on disability employment policies in relation to social enterprises are discussed.

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