Publication:
Leaving home for a better life? Occupational mobility of skilled immigrants: some empirical comments from Spain in light of the current economic crisis

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Identifiers
Publication date
2015-06-01
Defense date
Advisors
Tutors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Impact
Google Scholar
Export
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to study the occupational mobility experienced following migration by migrants who are university graduates or postgraduates who completed their studies before their arrival in Spain. To do so, we compared the first job they obtained in Spain with the last one held before leaving their country of origin. We identify three different types of mobility: downward mobility, lateral mobility, and upward mobility. Finally, we used logistic regression models to identify the strongest predictors of the three types of mobility previously classified. The empirical analysis was carried out using data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey (ENI) of 2007, including information about some 15 000 individuals. Our attention will be focused on the 2 425 skilled migrants from this survey.
El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar la movilidad ocupacional experimentada por los inmigrantes que completaron sus estudios universitarios (de grado y postgrado) antes de su llegada a España. Para ello hemos comparado la primera ocupación que tuvieron en España con la última que tuvieron antes de dejar su país de origen. Hemos identificado tres tipos diferentes de movilidad: movilidad descendente; movilidad lateral y, finalmente, movilidad ascendente. Por último, hemos usado modelos de regresión logística para identificar los predictores más importantes de estos tres tipos de movilidad. El análisis empírico se hizo utilizando información aportada por la Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI) de 2007, que tiene información de unos 15 000 individuos. Nuestra atención se centra en 2 425 inmigrantes cualificados
Description
Keywords
Brain waste, Occupational mobility, Labor market, Migration, Spain, Fuga de talentos, Movilidad ocupacional, Mercado de trabajo, Migraciones, España
Bibliographic citation
Albano, A., & Sánchez-Barricarte, J. J. (2016). Leaving home for a better life? Occupational mobility of skilled immigrants: some empirical comments from Spain in light of the current economic crisis. Migraciones Internacionales, 8(28), pp. 159–187.