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New immigration and labour markets in western Europe: a trade-off between unemployment and job quality?

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  • Emilio Reyneri

    (Professor of Sociology of Labour, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca)

  • Giovanna Fullin

    (Assistant professor of Economic sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca)

Abstract

New immigrants have been integrated into the labour markets of receiving countries in very different ways. In the ‘old’ receiving countries of central and northern Europe their unemployment rate has proved much higher than that of natives, while those in jobs have found reasonably skilled work in line with their educational credentials. In the ‘new’ receiving countries of southern Europe, by contrast, the unemployment rate of immigrants is only slightly higher than that of natives, but even the best-educated among them occupy very poor-quality jobs. This article sets out to explain the reasons for this discrepancy, which lie not only in the different methods of entry and variations in welfare state generosity, but also in the diverse composition of the demand for labour. We conclude by highlighting some short- and medium-term problems posed by this state of affairs.

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  • Emilio Reyneri & Giovanna Fullin, 2008. "New immigration and labour markets in western Europe: a trade-off between unemployment and job quality?," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 14(4), pages 573-588, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:14:y:2008:i:4:p:573-588
    DOI: 10.1177/102425890801400405
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    1. Antonio Martín Artiles & Oscar Molina, 2011. "Crisis, economic uncertainty and union members' attitudes towards immigration in Europe," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 17(4), pages 453-469, November.

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