Volunteer Associations and Integration of Immigrants in France

This paper explores ‘period of residence’ as a factor in the maintenance of an immigrant language, based on the example of Hungarian in Australia. Hungarian speakers arrived in Australia from several different source countries including Hungary, Romania (Transylvania), and areas of the formers Yugoslavia (Vojvodina) and Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). The distinct waves of Hungarian speaking migrants to Australia - 1938-40; 1947-54; 1956-57; 1960s, 70s and 80s; and 1990s - reflect the close connection between sociopolitical events and immigrant source countries for speakers of Hungarian. The data for the study comprises interviews with 22 families, encompassing all vintages and source countries noted above, supplemented by two focus groups. The study demonstrates that ‘period of residence’interacts with a number of other factors, notably country of origin, reasons for migration, and the prevailing attitudes and policies towards the reception and integration of immigrants in the host country at the time. It highlights the contradictory and ambivalent effects on language maintenance of situations of multiple identity and individual responses to conflict situations.

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063428 ◽

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.

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Integration of Immigrants in European Labour Markets

Intereconomics ◽

10.1007/s10272-017-0686-3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 52 (5) ◽

pp. 256-256

Keyword(s):

Labour Markets ◽

Integration Of Immigrants

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Judicial Activism in the Name of the Nation: Reneging on the Integration of Immigrants in Greece

Journal of Law and Society ◽

10.1111/jols.12004 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 596-618

Author(s):

Dia Anagnostou

Keyword(s):

Judicial Activism ◽

Integration Of Immigrants

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The Role of Immigrants in Solving the Problem of the Shortage of Skilled Labor in Germany

Scientific Research and Development Modern Communication Studies ◽

10.12737/2587-9103-2021-43-46 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 43-46

Author(s):

N. Krutova-Soliman

Keyword(s):

Current Problem ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Federal Republic Of Germany ◽

Multicultural Society ◽

Skilled Workers ◽

Business World ◽

State Security ◽

Activity Component ◽

Integration Of Immigrants

The article is devoted to the current problem of the shortage of qualified labor in the Federal Republic of Germany and the question of whether the country's economy is acquiring potential specialists for the labor market from among immigrants. The author emphasizes that without successful integration of immigrants, it is impossible not only to acquire human capital for the country's economy, but also there is a real threat to state security in Germany. The article examines what qualities or system of qualities immigrants should acquire in order to increase the level of professional activity component of their ability to integrate into the host country's society, specifies the goals of pedagogical communication in this process and the importance of the adoption of the Skilled Workers Immigration Act (Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz). The author comes to the conclusion that the professional and activity component formed by the immigrant demonstrates its full integration into the business world and multicultural society of Germany.

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Paradigmi mutevoli. Lavoratori cattolici e immigrazione meridionale a Torino (1955-1969)

MEMORIA E RICERCA ◽

10.3280/mer2012-040009 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 145-162

Author(s):

Michela Di Giacomo

Keyword(s):

Trade Unions ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Point Of View ◽

Integration Of Immigrants ◽

Urban Analysis

This paper aims at chronicle the relations between catholic workers movement and immigration from Southern Italy. The point of view is Turin during the ‘60s. It underlines the interest showed by Cisl and Acli concerning that phenomenon. It underscore evolution in Cisl's interpretative paradigms and Acli's increasing criticism towards consumerism. It shows the relations between action for integration of immigrants, will of attract them and interest in studying factory and urban changes. The thesis of this essay is that different ideological traditions could come closer resting upon the approach of trade unions to inner migration and socio-urban analysis and that the job actions of the '70s will be based on this refreshed unity.

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Education and the Integration of Immigrants in Israel

International Migration Digest ◽

10.1177/019791836900300301 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 3-19

Author(s):

Chaim Adler

Keyword(s):

Social Integration ◽

School System ◽

Social Motives ◽

Modern School ◽

The Social ◽

Integration Of Immigrants ◽

Causes Of Failure

This article deals with the issue of educational versus social integration. It attempts to analyze the historic and social motives of the Israeli elite in delegating to education an important role in the social integration of ethnically different groups. A distinction between two main groups of factors responsible for these students’ failure in school are made: (1) causes of failure directly related to a state of disadvantage; (2) causes of failure stemming from the nature of modern school. The article concludes with a discussion of the measures employed by the Israeli school system to reduce this failure and offers a set of additional measures.

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Multidimensional measure of immigrant integration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.1808793115 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 115 (45) ◽

pp. 11483-11488 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Niklas Harder ◽

Lucila Figueroa ◽

Rachel M. Gillum ◽

Dominik Hangartner ◽

David D. Laitin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Immigration Policy ◽

Fundamental Problem ◽

Short Form ◽

Scientific Progress ◽

Immigrant Integration ◽

Multidimensional Measure ◽

Long Form ◽

Empirical Performance ◽

Integration Of Immigrants ◽

Levels Of Integration

The successful integration of immigrants into a host country’s society, economy, and polity has become a major issue for policymakers in recent decades. Scientific progress in the study of immigrant integration has been hampered by the lack of a common measure of integration, which would allow for the accumulation of knowledge through comparison across studies, countries, and time. To address this fundamental problem, we propose the Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) Integration Index as a pragmatic and multidimensional measure of immigrant integration. The measure, both in the 12-item short form (IPL-12) and the 24-item long form (IPL-24), captures six dimensions of integration: psychological, economic, political, social, linguistic, and navigational. The measure can be used across countries, over time, and across different immigrant groups and can be administered through short questionnaires available in different modes. We report on four surveys we conducted to evaluate the empirical performance of our measure. The tests reveal that the measure distinguishes among immigrant groups with different expected levels of integration and also correlates with well-established predictors of integration.

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