Invitation to the IPW Lecture Labour market integration of immigrants: The employers‘ perspective
Lecturer: Flavia Fossati (Department of Political Science, University of Vienna)
Moderation: Sieglinde Rosenberger (Department of Political Science, University of Vienna)
When: Monday, 22. Oktober 2018, 17:00
Where: Konferenzraum IPW (A 0222), NIG, Universitätsstraße 7/2nd Floor, 1010 Vienna
Abstract:
Labour market integration is one of the most promising ways to integrating immigrants into a host society. However, there are different reasons why immigrants have a harder time obtaining a job. Beyond human and social capital issues (e.g. certificate recognition, language skills, etc.) sometimes also employers’ discriminatory behaviour hinders a successful labour market integration. This presentation explores when and why employers discriminate immigrants, and asks whether there are individual characteristics of immigrants (e.g. hobbies, volunteering activities, etc.) and/or policies (e.g. active labour market program participation) that can help mitigating the disadvantages immigrants face on the labour market.
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