Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland
Abstract Following the economic crash in 2008, many migrants in Iceland lost their jobs and experienced deteriorating working conditions. In 2011, four years after the onset of the recession, the unemployment rates among the foreign population remained significantly higher than among Icelanders. In...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/migration/mnz037 2024-05-19T07:42:35+00:00 Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland Wojtyńska, Anna Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís European Community Programme 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz037 https://academic.oup.com/migration/article-pdf/9/3/702/41779479/mnz037.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model Migration Studies volume 9, issue 3, page 702-720 ISSN 2049-5838 2049-5846 journal-article 2019 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz037 2024-04-25T07:59:12Z Abstract Following the economic crash in 2008, many migrants in Iceland lost their jobs and experienced deteriorating working conditions. In 2011, four years after the onset of the recession, the unemployment rates among the foreign population remained significantly higher than among Icelanders. In this article, we discuss experiences of unemployed migrants concerning their changed position on the labour market in order to highlight the different mechanisms of labour market exclusion. On the basis of research among registered unemployed foreign citizens, we analyse the main reasons for their difficulties in finding new employment. The main obstacles as reported by survey respondents and focus groups participants were limited knowledge of Icelandic, increased reluctance among Icelandic employers to hire foreigners and insufficient social networking with the native population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Oxford University Press Migration Studies |
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Abstract Following the economic crash in 2008, many migrants in Iceland lost their jobs and experienced deteriorating working conditions. In 2011, four years after the onset of the recession, the unemployment rates among the foreign population remained significantly higher than among Icelanders. In this article, we discuss experiences of unemployed migrants concerning their changed position on the labour market in order to highlight the different mechanisms of labour market exclusion. On the basis of research among registered unemployed foreign citizens, we analyse the main reasons for their difficulties in finding new employment. The main obstacles as reported by survey respondents and focus groups participants were limited knowledge of Icelandic, increased reluctance among Icelandic employers to hire foreigners and insufficient social networking with the native population. |
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Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland |
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Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland |
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Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland |
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Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland |
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Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in Iceland |
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reproduction of marginality: the labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in iceland |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz037 https://academic.oup.com/migration/article-pdf/9/3/702/41779479/mnz037.pdf |
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Migration Studies volume 9, issue 3, page 702-720 ISSN 2049-5838 2049-5846 |
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