scholarly journals Segmentation Theory and the New Zealand Labour Market

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Dixon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Labour Market Segmentation ◽  
Plastics Industry

Segmented Labour Market (SLM) analysis by no means enjoys a unified or clearly structured theoretical base. Analysts emphasise a variety of factors in their explanations of the existence of inequalities in the labour market. This paper uses an industry approach to evaluate inequalities. A case study of two industries is used -the plastics industry and the hotel/ restaurant industry- on the assumption that each will exhibit characteristics defining them as primary and secondary sectors respectively. The paper focuses on indicative findings of both inter-industry and intra-industry labour market segmentation. The approach taken is part of a broader doctoral thesis, which seeks to establish a viable SLM paradigm within the context of post-ECA New Zealand labour market conditions.

Labour Market Segmentation, Flexibility, and Recession: A British Columbian Case Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Hayter ◽  
T J Barnes
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Employment Change ◽  
Fourth Section ◽  
Producer Service ◽  
Labour Market Segmentation ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
Service Sectors

The purpose in this paper is to examine theories of labour market segmentation within the context of the early 1980s recession, and its immediate aftermath, in British Columbia, Canada. In particular, the conclusions are based on a large sample of firms in the manufacturing, wholesale, and producer service sectors for the period 1981–86. The paper is divided into four parts: First is a review of Doeringer's and Piore's classic presentation of segmentation theory focusing on the Fordist firm, and a comparison of it with more recent statements on labour markets made by Atkinson in connection with his work on the flexible firm. Second is a brief description of the recent changes affecting the economy in British Columbia over the last decade or so. Third, employment change and labour segmentation are examined in terms of occupational, gender, and industry characteristics for manufacturing, wholesaling, and producer service sectors in British Columbia. Last, given that the authors's evidence is in terms of aggregate trends, the fourth section provides three case studies, one drawn from each sector.

scholarly journals Constructing the nation through immigration law and legal processes of belonging

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Molina
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Legal Subjectivity ◽  
Temporary Foreign Workers ◽  
Labour Market Segmentation ◽  
Legal Policies

The aim of this critical literature review is to define the connection between immigration policies and the construction of a national identity, and to discuss what the implications of such connections may be. Tracing how the legal subjectivity of the migrant has developed throughout time and through policy reveals how messages about the nation and Others are created, sustained, and circulated through legal policies. What values are implicit within Canadian immigration policy? How does the migrant ‘other’ help ‘us’ stay ‘us’? How do nationalist ideologies construct the Other and how is this reflected in labour market segmentation? Constructing a national identity involves categorizing migrants into legal categories of belonging, a process in which historical positions of power are both legitimized and re-established through law. Discourses about temporary foreign workers provide examples of how the Other is framed in limited terms and in opposition to that of legitimate members of Canadian society. Key Terms: Citizenship, discourse, subjectivity, immigration law, identity, power, humanitarianism, temporary foreign workers, labour market segmentation.

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