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

Riaño, Yvonne ; Baghdadi, Nadia

In: Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale, 2007, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 163-183

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    Titre
    • Understanding the Labour Market Participation of Skilled Immigrant Women in Switzerland: The Interplay of Class, Ethnicity, and Gender
    Auteur
    • Riaño, Yvonne. Department of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Baghdadi, Nadia. Department of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale, 2007, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 163-183. Springer Netherlands
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    • oai:doc.rero.ch:311129
    Summary
    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