Social construction of skill: an analytical approach toward the question of skill in cross-border labour mobilities

• Published in: Journal of ethnic and migration studies Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 2237 - 2251
• Main Authors: Liu-Farrer, Gracia, Yeoh, Brenda S., Baas, Michiel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 27.07.2021; Carfax Publishing Company, Abingdon Science Park
• Subjects: 20th century; Arbitration; Borders; Citizenship; Colonialism; Cross-border labour mobility; Ethics; Ethnicity; Gender inequality; Immigration policy; Inequality; Labor migration; Migrants; Migration; Mobility; Occupational mobility; Public policy; Race; Research ethics; Research subjects; skill acquisition; skill arbitrator; skill recognition; skilled migration; Social construction; social construction of skill; Social inequality; Social stratification

Selecting labour migrants based on skill has become a widely practised migration policy in many countries around the world. Since the late twentieth century, research on 'skilled' and 'highly skilled' migration has raised important questions about the value and ethics of skill-ba...