Essential work, migrant labour : what explains migrant employment in European key sectors?

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dc.contributor.authorBROBERG, Nikolaj
dc.contributor.authorGONNOT, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorPOESCHEL, Friedrich Gerd
dc.contributor.authorRUHS, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-24T13:41:33Z
dc.date.available2024-09-24T13:41:33Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionPublished online: 5 April 2024en
dc.description.abstractAmidst the COVID-19 lockdowns, it became obvious that migrants play a critical role in economic sectors that are essential to the functioning of everyday life. Are they over-represented in these sectors, and how is the use of migrant labour linked to structural factors in the provision of essential services? Using micro data from the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) 2011-2020 for 17 countries, this paper investigates the extent and the drivers of migrants’ over-representation in key sectors (e.g. health, long-term care, food supply) relative to the rest of the economy. We measure the difference in the probability of working in key sectors for various types of migrants to similar natives across countries of destination. Our results show that in most countries, migrants are over-represented with respect to native-born workers after accounting for individual characteristics. We also provide an overview of the correlation between this residual over-representation and potential structural factors. We find a strong and robust correlation between migrants’ relative employment probability in key sectors and precarious job conditions, the degree of autonomy and flexibility at work, as well as attitudes to migrants, both at the country-level and across sub-national regions.en
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dc.publisherHAL Open Scienceen
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dc.relation.ispartofseries2024/05en
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dc.relation.ispartofseries[Migration Policy Centre]en
dc.relation.urihttps://hal.science/hal-04520475v2en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectMigrant workersen
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectMigrantsen
dc.subjectEssential servicesen
dc.subjectCritical infrastructureen
dc.titleEssential work, migrant labour : what explains migrant employment in European key sectors?en
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