Sociale stijging of dating? Beroepsmobiliteit van non-EU-migranten in Nederland, Noorwegen, Portugal en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. (Dutch/Flemish)

Erik Snel, Sönia Pereira & Margrietha't Hart The purpose of this article is to identify the occupational mobility trajectories of non- EU migrant workers in Europe and to test empirical data against the neoclassical human capital t heory that predicts upward occupational mobility in the course of time and the segmented labour market theory that predicts immigrant's confinement to secondary segments of the labour market . We use survey and semi-structured interviews (2,514 and 357 respectively) with migrants from three origin countries (Bra zil, Morocco, Ukraine) in four destination countries (the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom). Using both quantitative analysis and complementary qualitative evidence, we find support for the seg mented labour market hypothesis of limited upward occupational mobility in the course of time after migration. However, immigrants with longer residence in the destination country have higher changes of upward occupational mobility, giving also support to the human capital theory. Frail legal status negatively impacts upward mobility changes. Men experience upward mobility more often than women. Follow ing education in the destination country also positively affects the changes of upward mobility. Therefore, destination countries should have policies that enable immigrants to enhance their human capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Veel migranten hehalen na migratie een lager heroepsniveau dan ze voorheen hadden in het herkomstland (professionele downgrading). De cruciale vraag is echter of ze na verloop van tijd (als ze meer relevante arheidservaring hehhen, de taal heter spreken en wellicht onderwijs hehhen gevolgd) hun beroepsposities kunnen verbeteren. Of blijven ze gevangen in het secundaire segment van de arbeidsmarkt? Het eerste wordt voorspeld door de human capital-theorie, het laatste door de theorie van segmented labour markets. Dit onderzoek over Braziliaanse, Marokkaanse en Oekräiense migranten in vier EU-landen laatzien dat dit laatste veelal hetgeval is, al is er ook een licht positief effect van verblijfsduur op het behaalde heroepsniveau van migranten, zeker als ze na migratie nog onderwijs hehhen gevolgd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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