Chinese student mobility, return migration, and the transition into the labour market

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Saskia Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Chinese Student

International Student Mobility, Government Policies, and Neoliberal Globalization

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
Jie Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
International Student ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Chinese Student ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
International Student Mobility

Given the increasing magnitude of international student flows from “developing countries” to the “developed” or major member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), this chapter explores Chinese graduate student flows to Canada. Chinese graduate student perspectives are also drawn upon to study the phenomenon of Chinese student migrations to Canada in pursuit of higher education. Given the focus on exploration, meanings and understandings, an interpretivist approach and qualitative case study strategy were utilized to examine government policies and positions that stimulate international student mobility (ISM) from China to Canada and to understand the experiences of Chinese graduate students who study at the University of Alberta. Unlike the ISM mainly sponsored by the Chinese government before, contemporary outbound student mobility is impacted by neoliberalism and a freer mobility shapes Chinese students' pursuit of overseas studies. Chinese traditional culture and values also influence Chinese student mobility across borders for pursuing higher education. In the meantime, patriotism makes many Chinese students concern about serving their home country. The chapter also presents reflections on government policies pertaining to ISM and highlights the emergent themes from the data obtained from the qualitative case study of Chinese graduate student flows to Canada.

Migrant remittances in times of economic decline: Coping with protectionist policies in Slovenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojca Pajnik ◽  
Veronika Bajt
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Narrative Interviews ◽  
Migrant Remittances ◽  
Remittance Flows

Faced with financial crisis and recession, many countries may promote return migration as a measure to combat economic decline. This affects the transnational migration and thus likely to contribute to a decline in remittance flows. At the same time, human agency proves the resilience of the migrants’ coping strategies, since many migrant workers – though faced with heightened pressure and increased precariousness of their positions – nevertheless persevere and thus sustain the flow of remittances. Drawing on biographical narrative interviews with migrants in Slovenia, this article analyses migrants’ position in the time of financial crisis and critically evaluates the governmental measures that restrict the migrants’ access to the labour market. We argue that protectionist policies are short-sighted and, rather than combating the crisis, they force many workers into even more vulnerable positions.

Temporary migrants and occupational mobility: evidence from the case of Estonia

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaan Masso ◽  
Raul Eamets ◽  
Pille Mõtsmees
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Occupational Mobility ◽  
Upward Movement ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Unique Data

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of temporary migration on the upward occupational mobility by using a novel database from Estonia. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a unique data set of the online job search portal of Estonia that includes thousands of employees with foreign work experience. The authors study whether the presence of temporary migration in ones working career is associated with upward movement in the occupational ladder, defined either in terms of wages or required human capital. Findings – The authors did not find any positive effect of temporary migration on upward occupational mobility and in case of females the effect was negative. The results could be related to the short-term nature of migration and the occupational downshifting abroad as well as the functioning of home country labour market. Research limitations/implications – While the uniqueness of the data set is of value, one needs to acknowledge its weaknesses: the job-seekers work histories are self-reported and the authors do not know what information was left out as undesired by applicant. Practical implications – The findings imply that the benefits of temporary migration from Eastern to Western Europe on the sending country via the returnees’ labour market performance might be limited, yet it does not exclude the benefits of return migration through other mechanism. Originality/value – The literature on return migration is not big and there are only a few papers dealing with occupational change or mobility of the return migrants. Compared to earlier studies we have looked at wider set of occupations ranked by different ladders. Using the unique data set the authors have included in the study ca 7,500 return migrants while earlier studies have been based on rather small samples.

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