Jobs for Immigrants (Vol. 4) Labour Market Integration in Italy
Jobs for Immigrants (Vol. 4) Labour Market Integration in Italy

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2014-07-07

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9264214712

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This report presents an overview of the skills and qualifications of immigrants in Italy, their key labour market outcomes in international comparison, and their evolution over time, given the highly segmented Italian labour market and its high share of informal jobs.

Foreign Workers in Italy
Foreign Workers in Italy

Author: Alessandra Venturini

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The paper shows that it is possible to derive a dataset on foreign workers from the Social Security Archive by using the place of native workers; however, the cumulative duration of occupation of foreigners and natives is more similar. The analysis of the wage birth as selecting device and controlling for age and date of entry. Three main issues have been analyzed in the paper: the employment behavior of foreign workers and the degree of their assimilation, their wage differential and their wage assimilation, as well as their competitive or complementary role in the labor market. Migrant workers are more mobile than differential; using the Oaxaca decomposition reveals a small wage gap, 70% explained by the different characteristics of native and foreign labor force and only the remainder is due to unobserved characteristics or discrimination. Last but not least the competitive or complementary role of foreign workers in the labor market is explored. The first difference estimates of the native workers' wage do not appear to be affected by variations in local demand or by the share of foreign workers and this result was to be expected because the institutionalized system of determining wages is not sufficiently flexible to react quickly to external changes such as an increase in the supply of labor.

Dirty Work
Dirty Work

Author: Jeffrey E. Cole

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0739154257

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Dirty Work explores the lives and work of recent immigrants from Africa, Asia, and elsewhere to the southern Italian region of Sicily. Using extensive research, Cole and Booth focus on the experiences of foreigners employed in domestic service, prostitution, and agriculture. Investigation of these key sectors affords a revealing vantage point onto the place of Sicily in the increasingly international circuit of people, goods, practices, and capital. The book departs from the focus, common in immigration studies, on a single nationality or location by instead describing the experiences of foreigners of diverse origins in rural and urban areas. The Sicilian case epitomizes what is one of the most significant developments in contemporary Europe: the recent transformation of the South from labor exporter to immigrant destination. Probing the material foundations of the contemporary world,Dirty Work's clear and compelling presentation of timely themes should make it of interest to a broad readership, including students, scholars, and the interested public.