Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Gender Dimension of the Female Highly Skilled Migrants

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Gender Issues in Business and Economics

Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics ((SPBE))

Abstract

One of the strategic assets in economic systems is human capital, therefore, advanced and emerging economies have implemented several policies aiming at improving skilled professional inflow. However, highly skilled migrations analysis represents an underdeveloped area of research in geographical sector; gender studies are even more underrepresented. To this end, the paper intends to investigate the skilled labor migration, the gender dimension of female highly skilled professionals, with a special focus on the OECD area. The author, thus, will provide an analysis of the destinations countries, sectorial differences, and labor market integration, in order to show the difficulties female human capital has to face in their migratory project.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    Besides from the economic and innovation growth in host countries, highly skilled migrants can support a more balanced demographic structure, enhance the FDI flow, as well as increase the tax and welfare systems in the receiving societies (Boucher, 2016; Cervantes & Guellec, 2002; Pagano, 2012).

  2. 2.

    Moreover, educational diploma recognitions represent a severe obstacle to access the skilled labor market, affecting, however, both male and female highly skilled migrants.

References

  • Agustin, L. (2007). Sex at the margins: Migration, labour markets and the rescue industry. London: Zed Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Arslan, C., Dumont, J. C., Kone, Z., Moullan, Y., Ozden, C., Parsons, C., et al. (2014). A new profile of migrants in the aftermath of the recent economic crisis (OECD social employment and migration working papers, 160). Paris: OECD. http://www.oecd.org/els/mig/WP160.pdf. Accessed March 26, 2017.

  • Batalova, J., & Lowell, L. (2007). Immigrant professionals in the United States. Society, 44(2), 26–31.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid modernity. Cambridge: Polity.

    Google Scholar 

  • Becker, G. (1964). Human capital. New York: Columbia University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bhagwati, J., & Hamada, K. (1974). The brain drain, international integration of markets for professional and unemployment. Journal of Development Economics, 1, 19–42.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Borjas, G. (2003). The labor demand curve is downward sloping: Reexamining the impact of immigration on the labor market. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1335–1374.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Boucher, A. (2016). Gender, migration and the global race for talent. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Bouvier, L., & Simcox, D. (1994). Foreign-born professionals in the United States. Washington DC: Center for Immigration Studies.

    Google Scholar 

  • Castle, S. (2011). Migration, crisis and the global labour market. Globalizations, 8, 311–324.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Castle, S., de Haas, H., & Miller, M. (2013). The age of migration. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cervantes, M., & Guellec, D. (2002). The brain drain: Old myth, new realities. Paris: OECD Observer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cipollone, P., & Sestito, P. (2010). Il capitale umano. Bologna: Il Mulino.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cuban, S. (2016). The problem of skill waste among highly skilled migrant women in the UK care sector. In I. Isaakyan & A. Triandafyllidou (Eds.), High-skill migration and recession. Gender perspectives (pp. 241–264). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Czaika, M., & Parsons, C. (2016). The gravity of high skilled migration policies (KNOMAD Working Paper Series). Washington, DC. http://www.knomad.org/docs/working_papers/KNOMAD%20Working%20Paper%2013%20HighSkilledMigration.pdf. Accessed May 25, 2017.

  • Docquier, F., & Marfouk, A. (2004). Measuring the International Mobility of Skilled Workers (1990–2000) (Policy Research Working Paper n. 3381). World Bank.

    Google Scholar 

  • Docquier, F., & Rapoport, H. (2004). Skilled migration: the perspective of developing countries (Policy Research Working Paper n. 3382). World Bank.

    Google Scholar 

  • Docquier, F., Artuca, E., Özdena, C., & Parsons, C. (2015). A global assessment of human capital mobility: The role of non-OECD destinations. Migration and Development, 65, 6–26.

    Google Scholar 

  • Drucker, P. F. (1968). The Age of Discontinuity: Guideines to Our Changing Society. New York: Harper & Row.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dumont, J., Martin, J., & Spielvogel, G., (2007). Women on the move: the neglected gender dimension of the brain drain (IZA Discussion Paper n. 2920). IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dunnewijk, T. (2008). Global migration of the highly skilled: A tentative and quantitative approach (Working Paper Series 2008–70). UNU-MERIT, United Nations University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Findlay, A. M. (1995). Skilled transients: The invisible phenomenon? In R. Cohen (Ed.), Cambridge survey of world migration (pp. 512–522). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gould, W.T. (1988). Skilled international labour migration: An introduction. Geoforum 19(4):381–385

    Google Scholar 

  • Giordano, A., Pagano, A., & Terranova, G. (2012). Mobilità della conoscenza e migrazioni qualificate. L’Europa nella sfida per il Brain Gain. Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, V(4), 749–771.

    Google Scholar 

  • IOM, & OECD. (2014). Harnessing knowledge on the migration of highly skilled women. Geneva: International Organization for Migration.

    Google Scholar 

  • Iredale, R. (2001). The migration of professionals: Theories and typologies. International Migration, 39(5), 7–25.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Isaakyan, I., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2016). Female high-skill migration in the 21st century: The challenge of the recession. In I. Isaakyan & A. Triandafyllidou (Eds.), High-skill migration and recession. Gender perspectives (pp. 3–21). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Isaakyan, I., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2014). Anglophone marriage-migrants in southern Europe: A study of expat nationalism and integration dynamics. International Review of Sociology, 24(3), 374–390.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Keeley, B. (2009). International migration: The human side of globalisation. Paris: OECD Publishing.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Kempadoo, K., Sanghera, J., & Pattanaik, B. (2005). Trafficking and prostitution reconsidered: New perspectives on migration, sex work, and human rights. Boulder: Paradigm Publisher.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kilkey, M., Lutz, H., & Palenga-Möllenbeck, E. (2010). Introduction: Domestic and care work at the intersection of welfare, gender and migration regimes: European experiences. Social Policy and Society, 9(3), 379–384.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kofman, E. (2013). Towards a gender evaluation of (highly) skilled immigration policies in Europe. International Migration, 52(3), 116–128.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koleth, E. (2010). Overseas students: Immigration policy changes 1997–May 2010. Background note. Canberra: Parliamentary Library.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lowell, L. (2001). Policy responses to the international mobility of skilled labour (International Migration Papers 45). ILO.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lucas, R. (2008). International labor migration in a globalizing economy. Trade, equity, and development program. Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lutz, H. (Ed.). (2008). Migration and domestic work. Ashgate, Aldershot: A European perspective on a global theme.

    Google Scholar 

  • Machlup, F. (1962). The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morehouse, C., & Clemens, M. (2012). The big picture on global talent–how to better compete for, and grow talent. Saltsburg: Bertelsmann Stiftung. http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-E9CF70DD-DD0DE7B/bst/xcms_bst_dms_38739_38740_2.pdf. Accessed May 02, 2017.

  • Noyelle, T. (Ed.). (1990). Skills, wages, and productivity in the service sector. Boulder: Westview.

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Leary, B. S., Lindholm, M., Whitford, R. A., & Freeman, S. E. (2002). Selecting the best and brightest: Leveraging human capital. Human Resource Management, 41(3), 325–340.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • OECD. (2012). International migration outlook. Paris: OECD Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • OECD. (2016). International migration outlook. Paris: OECD Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • OECD-DIOC database (2011) Database on immigrants in OECD and non-OECD countries: DIOC. http://www.oecd.org/els/mig/dioc.htm. Accessed April 24, 2017.

  • Pagano, A. (2016). La géopolitique de la connaissance. Outre-Terre, 47(2), 207–213.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pagano, A. (2012). La France au défi d’une géopolitique de la connaissance. L’attraction du capital humain qualifié italien. Outre-Terre, 34, 297–306.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pagano, A., & Terranova, G. (2014). La guerre des talents et le cas américain. Outre-Terre, 38, 72–81.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Parrenas, R. (2001). Servants of globalization. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Porat, M. U. (1977). The information economy. Definition and measurement. Washington DC: Department of Commerce.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rodino-Colocino, M. (2014). The great he-cession: Why feminists should rally for the end of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. Feminist Media Studies, 14(2), 343–347.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Salt, J., & Findlay, A. (1989). International migration of highly-skilled manpower: theoretical and development issues. In R. Appleyard (Eds.), The Impact of International Migration on Developing Countries (pp. 109–128). Paris: OECD

    Google Scholar 

  • Schultz, T. W. (1971). Investment in Human Capital. The Role of Education and of Research. New York: The Free Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shachar, A. (2006). The race for talent: Highly skilled migrant and competitive immigration regimes. New York University Law Review, 81, 148–206.

    Google Scholar 

  • Solimano, A. (2008). The international mobility of talent. Types, causes and development impact. Oxford: Oxfort University Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Stanback, T. M. (1979). Understanding the service economy: Employment, productivity, location. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Strack, R. (2013). The looming global talent crisis–how to counteract workforce imbalances. Saltsburg: Bertelsmann Stiftung. https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/Projekte/28_Einwanderung_und_Vielfalt/Salzburg_Papier.pdf. Accessed May 05, 2017.

    Google Scholar 

  • Todisco, E. (1993). Intellectual, professional and skilled migrations. Studi Emigrazione, 112, 574–590.

    Google Scholar 

  • UN. (2014). The global economic crisis and gender equality. New York: UN Women.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wadhwa, V. (2012). The immigrant exodus: Why America is losing the global race to capture entrepreneurial talent. Philadelphia: Wharton Digital Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wiesbrock, A., & Hercog, M. (2010). The legal framework for the highly skilled migration to the EU: EU and US labour migration policies compared (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance Working Papers 2010/001). Maastricht.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zimmerman, M., Litt, K., & Bose, C. (Eds.). (2006). Global dimensions of gender and carework. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Università Niccolò Cusano, Via Don Carlo Gnocchi, 3, Rome, 00166, Italy

    Antonietta Pagano

Authors
  1. Antonietta Pagano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Antonietta Pagano .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of UNISU, Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy

    Paola Paoloni

  2. Department of Law and Economics of Productive Activities, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Rosa Lombardi

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Pagano, A. (2018). The Gender Dimension of the Female Highly Skilled Migrants. In: Paoloni, P., Lombardi, R. (eds) Gender Issues in Business and Economics. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65193-4_11

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation