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Understanding the Labour Market Participation of Skilled Immigrant Women in Switzerland: The Interplay of Class, Ethnicity, and Gender

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Author	Riaño, Yvonne Baghdadi, Nadia
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Switzerland has recently adopted immigration policies that give preference to skilled migrants, the assumption being that migrants with higher education will integrate easily. Our study of 57 skilled immigrant women from Latin America, the Middle East and Southeastern Europe shows that this assumption is largely unjustified. Most of the women cannot use their social and cultural capital to establish themselves in the upper segments of the labour market. A third are not integrated in the labour market and a quarter occupy positions below their skill-level. A further third work at their skill-level but only irregularly. The differentiated participation of these immigrants in the labour market is well explained by analysing the interplay of class, ethnicity and gender.La politique actuelle d'immigration suisse met son accent sur les migrants qualifiés puisqu'il est présumé qu'ils pourront plus facilement s'intégrer. Notre étude de 56 femmes qualifiées provenant d'Amérique Latine, du Moyen Orient et d'Europe du Sud-Est montre que cette supposition est largement injustifiée. La majorité des femmes ne réussit pas à utiliser leur capital social et culturel pour obtenir des postes exigeant des qualifications. Un tiers n'a pas de travail, un quart occupe des postes au dessous de leurs qualifications et un autre tiers travaille à leur niveau de qualification mais irrégulièrement. Les différences d'insertion dans le marché du travail sont expliquées a partir d'un modèle qui intègre le rôle de classe, d'ethnicité et de genre.
Starting Page	163
Ending Page	183
Page Count	21
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ISSN	14883473
Journal	Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18746365
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2007-12-28
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Migrants qualifiés insertion dans le marché du travail classe ethnicité genre Social Sciences Sociology Demography Migration
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Anthropology Cultural Studies

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