Kapittel 3: Nye sentrum–periferi-mønster

Båtevik, Finn Ove; Grimsrud, Gro Marit

doi:10.18261/9788215028163-2017-03

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“…Although the majority of EU11 labour migrants work in manual and low-skilled jobs (Friberg 2016), not all of them do. In a study of the regions of western Norway, Båtevik and Grimsrud (2017) found that the peripheral regions receive relatively more high-competence workers, such as those in the academic professions, through international labour migration than the central regions do, thus reducing the traditional 'peripheral disadvantages.' They also, however, note that there are big differences among the peripheral regions.…”

Section: International Labour Migration As Demographic Refill and Expmentioning

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Does international labour migration affect internal mobility in rural Norway?

Slettebak¹

2020

International Labour Migration to Europe’s Rural Regions

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During the last two decades, Norway has evolved from a relatively homogenous country to a more multicultural one with international migrants in all parts of the country. According to register data from Statistics Norway, the proportion that are international migrants has increased from 5.3 per cent in 2000 to 14.4 per cent in 2019 (Statistics Norway n.d.). In addition to the arrival of refugees, it is particularly the enlargement of the European Union (EU) to the east, starting in 2004, that sparked an unprecedented increase in migration to Norway. These 'new' labour migrants, originating in eastern Europe, have, to a larger degree than other migrants, settled outside Norway's urban regions (Rye and Slettebak 2020). Therefore, many rural areas previously unfamiliar with international migration have experienced a large influx of labour migrants. The large body of academic literature discussing the impact of international migration on native-born workers is mostly focused on wages, employment and other outcomes related to social mobility (See, e.g. Blau and Kahn 2012, Card 2009, Hoen, Markussen and Røed 2018). Less attention has been paid to the effect on geographic mobility. Particularly in Europe, this is an underresearched field. Further, the extant research has little focus on rural areas. This chapter offers an examination of whether international labour migration to rural areas has had any effect on the internal mobility patterns of 'natives,' that is: people born in Norway (note that the term 'native,' which is commonly used in the literature to refer to someone that is born in a particular country, does not refer to ethnicity). Are international migrants only adding to the population, or are they replacing other in-migrants and pushing out similarly skilled workers, or creating new inflows of internal migrants? These questions are interesting and important for three reasons. First, answering these questions provides important insight into the role of eastern European labour migrants in rural labour markets and their effect on Norwegian-born workers. Although there seems to be agreement in the public

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Does international labour migration affect internal mobility in rural Norway?

Slettebak¹

2020

International Labour Migration to Europe’s Rural Regions

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Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Rural Norway. A Rural‐Urban Comparison

Zahl‐Thanem

Haugen

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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Successful integration of immigrants is vital for rural areas facing population decline and labour shortage. Yet little is known about the role civil society plays in this process and about the factors that promote or hamper acceptance of immigrants by the local population. By using data from a national survey of the Norwegian population, this article examines rural‐urban differences in attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, and what characteristics rural and urban residents consider important for immigrants who may settle in their locality. The results indicate that people living in rural areas express more negative attitudes toward immigrants and immigration compared to people living in urban areas. Additionally, rural residents place greater importance than their urban counterparts do on immigrants’ participating in local events, speaking the native language, and being willing to adapt to Norwegian values.

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Båtevik¹,

Gjerstad²,

Grimsrud³

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Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i ei undersøking om arbeidsinnvandring til dei fire vestlandsfylka og om dette leier til behov for å utvikle eigne lokale politikkar for velferdstenester. Materialet er statistikk for regionen, dokument og nettsider, og intervju med tenesteytarar, arbeidsinnvandrarar og arbeidsgivararar i fylkeskommunane og åtte kommunar. Hovudfokus i artikkelen er kva politikk som kjem fram gjennom praksis. Funna viser at det er lagt liten vekt på arbeidsinnvandrarane sine saerskilte behov, at tenestetilbodet vektlegg det som er nødvendig der og då, og at det manglar tenesteutvikling for det framtidige og langsiktige. I artikkelen blir denne lokale politikken omtala som «reaktiv pluralisme» og det vert hevda at situasjonen kunne bli betre viss arbeidsinnvandrarane blei tatt meir på alvor som medborgarar og ved at kommunane la til rette for dei som om dei skulle bli verande i lengre tid.

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Kapittel 3: Nye sentrum–periferi-mønster

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Does international labour migration affect internal mobility in rural Norway?

Does international labour migration affect internal mobility in rural Norway?

Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Rural Norway. A Rural‐Urban Comparison

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