The Utilisation of Migrant Capital to Access the Labour Market: The Case of Swedish Migrants in Helsinki

Wahlbeck, Östen; Fortelius, Sabina

doi:10.17645/si.v7i4.2325

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“…We looked at the individual stories of migrant workers from the perspective of wellknown theory of capital and class distinction [29][30][31]. In Bourdieu's theory, the key element is the term capital.…”

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Adaptation Strategies of Migrant Workers from Ukraine during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Churski

Kroczak²,

Łuczak³

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching social and economic consequences. They are visible particularly in the functioning of local labour markets, affecting less privileged groups such as migrant workers, in a specific way. Here, our analysis aims to identify the strategies of adaptation of Ukrainian economic migrants to the changing situation in the local labour market in the Poznań agglomeration during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis relies on the results from quantitative research on changes in the demand for labour and adjustment of competence of immigrants to the Poznań agglomeration labour market throughout the pandemic and in the perspective of the nearest future, as well as on qualitative research conducted using the IDI (in-depth interviews) technique, carried out via the purposive sampling of 30 economically active Ukrainian migrant workers. The identified adaptation strategies are organised according to the assumptions of Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of capital(s). The capital of the researched group with respect to the labour market is treated as both the potential and resources the immigrants offer, produce, apply, and mutually convert in the implementation of their own adaptation strategies to the changing situation of the labour market. We extracted eight types of migrant adaptation strategies with respect to the labour market. These strategies differ in terms of objectives, resources, time perspectives, and other factors considered to be important from migrants’ perspectives. On the basis of interviews, we were able to assess the robustness of these strategies in view of economic shocks and identify the process of capital conversion and exchange.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptation Strategies of Migrant Workers from Ukraine during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Churski

Kroczak²,

Łuczak³

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…The subject of research may be both how the ownership or lack of social capital by an individual or community affects the level of mobility and how migration affects the level and quality of social capital of a community. Research also shows that there may be specific forms of cultural and social capitals that are only available to migrants as a consequence of their being migrants (Wahlbeck and Fortelius 2019). D. Massey calls social capital the grease and fuel of migration ).…”

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The Role of Social Capital in Labour-Related Migrations: the Polish Example

Łukaszewska-Bezulska

2020

Int. Migration & Integration

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This article addresses the relationships between international labour-related migrations and social capital in two ethnically heterogeneous local communities, outstanding by their inhabitants' high degree of spatial mobility. On the basis of the observations performed and in-depth interviews with migrants and experts, social networks built by the inhabitants were analysed, with particular attention paid to migration networks, and the meaning and role of social capital in the inhabitants of cultural borderlands' migrations, especially in the areas of migrants' lives such as job seeking, living together and dealing with difficulties, were discussed. It has been demonstrated that the international labour-related migrations influence the quality and type of social capital present in the ethnically heterogeneous local communities at cultural borderlands, although the direction and force of this impact are not equivocal and depend most of all on the strength and quality of primary ties in the migrants' community of origin, i.e. if the community was rich in the social capital resources, migrations may contribute to its growth, while for communities deficient in this resource, migrations may cause its continued diminishing.

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“…The contributions in this issue explore different mechanisms and processes of social inclusion that the accumulation of migrant capital entails, emphasising the strategies and opportunities used by the members of migrant communities during the migration process. The authors approach migrant capital as a resource that becomes available to migrants during their migration process (Atasü-Topcuoğlu, 2019;Glorius, 2019;Hiitola, 2019) and as one that is created by migrants because of their migration (Koikkalainen, 2019;Wahlbeck & Fortelius, 2019). Migrant capital is also shown to be available to migrants' family members via their transnational ties (Dís Skaptadóttir, 2019;Saksela-Bergholm, 2019;Toivanen, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The article stresses the importance of Nordic background and cultural capital embodied in the migrants' habitus and their utilisation of social capital in the form of ties and networks both locally and transnationally. Wahlbeck and Fortelius (2019) explore the social inclusion of Swedish migrants into the work force in Helsinki, in particular the highly skilled migrants' access to the labour market. The authors build on a Bourdieusian perspective to illustrate empirically and analytically how migrants utilise and convert existing forms of capital into novel forms (Erel, 2010;Wahlbeck, 2018).…”

Section: The Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The analysis in the articles considers both strategies and opportunities utilised by migrants and members of transnational communities in diverse economic, social and political context. As the articles show, transnational networks can be used by migrants and their family members to achieve occupational, economic and educational advantages (Atasü-Topcuoğlu, 2019;Dís Skaptadóttir, 2019;Glorius, 2019;Koikkalainen, 2019;Toivanen, 2019;Wahlbeck & Fortelius, 2019). They can also be useful in their attempts to reunite with family members (Hiitola, 2019) or to have access to informal social protection and care arrangements (Saksela-Bergholm, 2019) in both the sending and receiving societies.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Migrant Capital as a Resource for Migrant Communities

Saksela-Bergholm

Toivanen

Wahlbeck

2019

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This thematic issue explores the processes and dynamics involved in how different forms of migrant capital are employed and how these relate to processes of social inclusion. Leaning on a Bourdieusian approach, we wish to move beyond existing descriptive studies and theorise the role migration plays in the accumulation, conversion and utilisation of various forms of capital by migrant communities and their members. The articles demonstrate how migrant capital can function as a resource created by migrants during the migration process, or as an outcome of it, and are potentially available to their family members. The articles illustrate via case studies from different national contexts how transnational migrants or members of migrant communities create, accumulate and employ diverse forms of capital in their efforts to achieve inclusion in destination and sending societies.

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The Utilisation of Migrant Capital to Access the Labour Market: The Case of Swedish Migrants in Helsinki

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Adaptation Strategies of Migrant Workers from Ukraine during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Adaptation Strategies of Migrant Workers from Ukraine during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Role of Social Capital in Labour-Related Migrations: the Polish Example

Migrant Capital as a Resource for Migrant Communities

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