THE INFLUENCE OF MIGRATION ON THE LABOUR MARKET STATUS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

• Published in: Economics & sociology Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 297 - 321
• Main Authors: Al-Dalahmeh, Main, Dajnoki, Krisztina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ternopil Centre of Sociological Research 01.01.2021; Fundacja Centrum Badań Socjologicznych; Centre of Sociological Research (NGO); Centre of Sociological Research, Szczecin
• Subjects: Economic development; Economic structure; Economy; Employment; Females; gender; Gender differences; Gender relations; Gender Studies; Human capital; immigration; Labor market; Labor migration; labour; Legislation; linear regression; Literature reviews; Males; Market segmentation; Migrants; Migration; Migration Studies; Occupations; Population; Population growth; Quantitative analysis; Regression analysis; Social Sciences; Socio-Economic Research; Sociology; United Kingdom > UK; migration; linear regression; immigration; gender; labour
• ISSN: 2071-789X; 2306-3459
• DOI: 10.14254/2071-789X.2021/14-3/16

The purpose of the study is to indicate nativitystatus differences (native-born and foreign-born) bygender based on labour market status. The primaryobjective is to explore the labour market statusdifferences in terms of nativity status based on a genderperspective of labour status. A quantitative researchapproach was applied to this study. Linear Regressionanalysis and Trend Analyses are used to emphasize therelationship between the native-born males/females andthe foreign-born males/females in the labour marketstatus as employed, unemployed and inactive. This studyaims to answer which is higher in the case of native-bornand foreign-born female/male employed, unemployed,and participation rates in Western-European countries.Data was collected from OECD (Organization forEconomic Co-operation and Development) migrationdatabases between 2014 and 2018 for Western Europeancountries. It has been found that in the chosen countries,there is a linear relationship between native-bornmales/females and foreign-born males/females in mostof the cases. If one side increases in terms of employedstatus or unemployed status, the other side also increasesdue to the existence of a significant and positive linearrelationship. The findings suggest that this study impliesthat destination countries should create good labourmarket legislation to reduce the number of unemployedamong both migrants and the native-born population. Asvery few studies have investigated gender differences inmigration, this study gives a different perspective on thesubject by comparing the same-gender relationship in thenativity status of the labour market.