Project description
Inclusion of highly skilled migrant spouses in Europe
Europe’s demographics, marked by an ageing populace and declining birth rates, present socio-economic dilemmas. The decreasing number of younger workers strains labour markets, while the increasing elderly population strains healthcare systems. To counterbalance these challenges, attracting highly skilled migrants has emerged as a strategic imperative for many European nations. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, the INSKILLS project will explore the labour market integration of highly skilled migrant spouses in Italy and Norway. It aims to shed light on employer involvement and highlight individual strategies through interviews and policy analysis. The project’s findings will pave the way for tailored inclusion policies.
Objective
The rapidly changing demographic composition in Europe, characterised by an aging population and a decrease in birth rates, poses significant social and economic challenges for European states (e.g. not having a younger population in the labour force, and increased pressure on health services by the older population). Attracting highly skilled migrants (HSM) has become an essential means of addressing these challenges, and a number of countries have adopted strategies specifically targeted at attracting and retaining HSM. The project investigates the facilitators and impediments to the labour market inclusion of highly-skilled migrant spouses (HSS) through a comparative perspective of Italy and Norway. At the macro level, I ask (RQ1): What are the policies, practices, and programmes that focus on including HSS in the labour market and how well tailored are they to the needs of HSS? At the meso level, (RQ2): What is the role of employers, employment agencies and rights-based organisations in addressing the challenges that HSS encounter? Finally, at the micro level (RQ3): What career adaptability strategies do HSS develop to overcome the difficulties in finding and retaining jobs? The methods employed include semi-structured interviews with HSS, employers, employment agencies, employee associations, practitioners and political decision-makers, combined and triangulated with policy document analysis. The research findings will lead to policy recommendations as to how HSS can be better included in the labour market in Italy, Norway and Europe at large.
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- social sciences sociology demography human migrations
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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0484 Oslo
Norway
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