Descrizione del progetto
Il ruolo fondamentale della formazione linguistica per l’integrazione degli immigrati nel mercato del lavoro
Le politiche di sostegno alla formazione linguistica possono agevolare l’integrazione degli immigrati nel mercato del lavoro, un passo cruciale per realizzare una società inclusiva. Alla luce di tale premessa, il progetto DISCEFRN, finanziato dall’UE, valuterà l’efficacia del Quadro comune europeo di riferimento per le lingue (QCER) nel ridurre la discriminazione in fase di assunzione nei confronti dei candidati immigrati. Il gruppo di ricerca svolgerà uno studio in contesto reale che utilizzerà annunci di lavoro, sondaggi e interviste approfondite ai datori di lavoro. I risultati permetteranno inoltre di chiarire quali gruppi etnici traggano i maggiori benefici dai requisiti del QCER. Le scoperte saranno condivise con la comunità scientifica, i datori di lavoro e il pubblico, attraverso soluzioni ad accesso aperto, fiere scientifiche e webinar.
Obiettivo
Around 57 million people in Europe are foreign-born. Developing strategies for inclusive growth and devising actions to promote immigrant integration through non-discrimination are among Europe’s current priorities. This project will evaluate if the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which is used to standardize host country language requirements for different professions throughout Europe, can serve as an effective tool to reduce hiring discrimination against immigrants. Employers have been shown to discriminate against immigrant applicants based on language-related bias, which can be reduced when language requirements are specified in CEFR terms. Based on a novel design that combines real-world variation in the inclusion of CEFR requirements in job ads with a factorial survey experiment and in-depth interviews among employers, the project will address three objectives: 1) Examining if the inclusion of CEFR requirements reduces differential treatment of immigrant applicants on aggregate; 2) Identifying labor market areas and ethnic groups that benefit most from the introduction of CEFR requirements; 3) Assessing the current implementation of CEFR requirements in relation to uninformed or inadequate use. Results and the collected data set will be distributed among the scientific community (open access), among the general public (science fairs) and among employers and county governors (webinars, roundtable discussions) and can serve as a stepping-stone for developing comprehensive and adequate language requirements for different professions at the (inter)national level. The projects unites expert researchers in sociolinguistics and language test development with an early career researcher (ecr), specializing in immigrant integration and language-based discrimination into an interdisciplinary team. This will provide impactful training to the ecr, who will benefit from methodological training, project management experience, and network ties.
Campo scientifico
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinatore
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