Dual Labour Market Theory and the Organisation of Local Labour Markets

Ashton, David; Maguire, Malcolm

doi:10.1108/eb013980

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“…While earlier labour-segmentation theorists focused on demand-(eg Gordon, Edwards and Reich 1982;Reich, Gordon, and Edwards 1973) and supply-side processes (eg Ashton and Maguire 1984), more recent approaches stress the multidimensionality of labour-market exclusion and the interaction of material and discursive practices. For instance, immigration status, place of origin and the refusal to recognize foreign credentials are intimately related in the segmentation of workers (eg Samers 1998).…”

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“Brain Abuse”, or the Devaluation of Immigrant Labour in Canada

2003

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Many professional and skilled Canadian immigrants suffer from de‐skilling and the nonrecognition of their foreign credentials. Consequently, they are underrepresented in the upper segments of the Canadian labour market. Rather than accepting this devaluation of immigrant labour as a naturally occurring adjustment period, I suggest that regulatory institutions actively exclude immigrants from the upper segments of the labour market. In particular, professional associations and employers give preference to Canadian‐born and educated workers and deny immigrants access to the most highly desired occupations. Pierre Bourdieu's notion of institutionalised cultural capital and his views of the educational system as a site of social reproduction provide the entry point for my theoretical argument. I find that the nonrecognition of foreign credentials and dismissal of foreign work experience systematically excludes immigrant workers from the upper segments of the labour market. This finding is based on data from interviews with institutional administrators and employers in Greater Vancouver who service or employ immigrants from South Asia and the former Yugoslavia.

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“Brain Abuse”, or the Devaluation of Immigrant Labour in Canada

2003

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“…Ashton and M.J. Maguire, “Dual Labour Market Theory and the Organization of Local Labour Markets,” International Journal of Social Economics 11, no. 7 (1984): 106–20.…”

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Syrian refugees in seasonal agricultural work: a case of adverse incorporation in Turkey

Kavak¹

2016

New Perspect. Turk.

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This article examines how the labor market in seasonal migrant work in agriculture in Turkey has changed with the influx of refugees from Syria. Based on both qualitative and quantitative fieldwork in ten provinces of Turkey, the article discusses precarity in seasonal migrant work in agriculture and the impact of the entry of refugees on this labor market. The analysis of precariousness of both Turkish-citizen migrant workers and refugees suggests that precarity is a relational phenomenon. The multifaceted vulnerabilities of groups in the lower echelons of the labor market resonate with one another and the adverse incorporation of vulnerable groups into the labor market pushes the market in a more insecure and informal direction.

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“…Piore and others expand this theory to explain international migration patterns besides rural to urban in-country movement. When subscribing to the assumption that BLAs increase international migration flows, this is an apropos theoretical lens through which to view these agreements; unfortunately, it yields limited empirical results (Ashton and Maguire, 1984).…”

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Bilateral labor agreements and the migration of Filipinos: An instrumental variable approach

O’Steen

2021

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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Bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) are preferred policy models for regulating migration by many governments around the world. The Philippines has been a leader in both agreement conclusion and exporting labor. A recent Congressional evocation is pushing bureaucrats and academics alike to investigate this policy strategy for outcomes and effectiveness. The following analysis answers the question “Do BLAs affect the migration outflows of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)?” using a plausibly exogenous variation to isolate a causal effect. I test for effects of BLAs using two instrumental variables (IVs), such as Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and Formal Alliances, and an original dataset of land-based and sea-based Filipino BLAs and migrant stock in 213 unique areas from 1960 to 2018. I do not find any empirical evidence that these treaties drive migration. However, BLAs have statistically significant effects on gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and exports, suggesting other important channels through which these agreements affect economic outcomes. These null results are critically important for policymakers and diplomats because the resources spent on negotiation are wasted if the primary goal is to increase migration.

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Dual Labour Market Theory and the Organisation of Local Labour Markets

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

“Brain Abuse”, or the Devaluation of Immigrant Labour in Canada

“Brain Abuse”, or the Devaluation of Immigrant Labour in Canada

Syrian refugees in seasonal agricultural work: a case of adverse incorporation in Turkey

Bilateral labor agreements and the migration of Filipinos: An instrumental variable approach

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