
Crushed Hopes
Underemployment and Deskilling Among Skilled Migrant Women
Intergovernmental Committee for Migration (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-92-9068-598-2 (ISBN)
Description
This report is a collective publication comprising a review of international literature on the subject of migrant deskilling and underemployment from a gender perspective and three empirical case studies from Switzerland, Canada and the United Kingdom. It explores the disproportionate difficulties skilled migrant women can face in transferring their skills and finding employment commensurate with their education when relocating to a new country. The case studies highlight situations in which migratory status and labour market dynamics can combine to constrain skilled and highly skilled migrant women to low-skilled occupations despite their often high human capital. They also analyse the impact that such occupational downgrading can have on migrant women's well-being and the strategies that women can adopt to regain a professional status.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Geneva
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-92-9068-598-2 (9789290685982)
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