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dc.contributor.authorFriberg, Jon Horgen
dc.contributor.authorMidtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-17T10:20:35Z
dc.date.available2017-11-17T10:20:35Z
dc.date.created2017-11-16T16:26:34Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1369-183X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2466861
dc.description.abstractImmigrants are often concentrated in particular, often low-waged, segments of the labour market and employers tend to assume that immigrants posit (soft) skills which make them particularly suited for specific tasks. Less scholarly attention has been given to the real and perceived content of these skills and how employers may shift their view over time. We contribute to the literature by examining changing ethnic employment hierarchies in two immigrant-intensive labour markets in Norway. Drawing on qualitative data from the hotel and fish processing industries, we describe, first, how different ethnic groups are allocated into specific jobs forming a clear hierarchy in the eyes of employers, and, second, how employers’ preferences for particular groups change as new immigrants enter the labour market. Theoretically, we develop the concept of ‘ethnicity as skill’, which points to the tendency among employers to equate ethnic group membership with a set of informal qualifications.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1388160?needAccess=true
dc.subjectEtniske hierarkier
dc.subjectEthnic hierarchies
dc.subjectEtnisitet
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectArbeidsmarked
dc.subjectLabour market
dc.subjectStereotypier
dc.subjectStereotypes
dc.titleEthnicity as skill: Immigrant employment hierarchies in Norwegian low-wage labour markets
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Sosiologi: 220
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Sociology: 220
dc.source.journalJournal of ethnic and migration studies
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1369183X.2017.1388160
dc.identifier.cristin1515022
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 236786
cristin.unitcode7437,0,0,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for samfunnsforskning
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