Who is Going to Build the Wall? A Building Trades Crisis in the U.S.A.
Autor/in:
Toppin, Ian
Quelle: International journal for research in vocational education and training, 5 (2018) 1, S 64-76
Inhalt: The context of this study was to examine factors contributing to significant workforce shortages in building trades in the United States. As it is, recruitment of qualified skilled trades workers is becoming increasingly difficult due to lack of a pipeline of prospective workers, and training programs. The study assumed a theoretical inquiry approach in order to address the following three main questions: 1) What is the scope of the workforce shortage in skilled and building trades in the US? 2) What factors are recognized as contributors to the building trades workforce shortage in the US? And, 3) What strategies can be implemented to reverse building trades workforce shortages in the US? Findings affirmed that the scope of workforce shortages in skilled and building (construction) trades in the US is very broad and the impact is rather deep. Factors contributing to the shortage include: declines in high school technical education programs, which have been replaced by career academies; misconception that higher education al- ways equal higher income, but the untold story is higher debt associated with pursuing higher education; and stricter immigration laws, which are forcing potential workers out of the US. The study concluded that in order to reverse currently declining workforce trends the following six strategies should be implemented: 1) Make it a national priority, thereby appropriating adequate resources to the effort. 2) Increase the number or women and African Americans in building trades. 3) Expand apprenticeship programs. An expansion of both government and corporate incentives are needed to stimulate an increase in apprenticeships. 4) Reintroduce building and skilled trades programs in secondary and postsecondary schools. Growth in the number of Career Academies, and participation in them has been encouraging, yet there are not enough of them to meet the need. 5) Re-examine guest-worker programs, which are currently cumbersome for employers to participate in, and do not allow for anywhere close to the number of workers needed to meet workforce needs. 6) Change marketing of building trades from menial to meaningful. Many young people simply do not know that they can make a comfortable living from a career in skilled trades. They have been taught that at least a bachelor’s degree is needed in order to have a successful career. This narrative has to be revised in order to create a pipeline of prospective skilled trades employees for the future.
Schlagwörter:USA; United States of America; Baugewerbe; construction industry; Arbeitskräftebedarf; manpower requirements; Fachkraft; specialist; technische Ausbildung; technical training; Berufsbildung; vocational education; Ausbildungsförderung; government promotion of vocational training; Berufsorientierung; vocational guidance; Karriereplanung; career planning; ausländischer Arbeitnehmer; foreign worker; Zuwanderungsrecht; immigration law; VET; Vocational Education and Training; Technical Vocational Education; Construction; Skilled Trades; Workforce Education
Erwerbstätigkeit von Flüchtlingen: Integrationsregime, Arbeitsmarktbedingungen und Charakteristika der Herkunftsländer
Autor/in:
Vogtenhuber, Stefan; Steiber, Nadia
Quelle: Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien; Wien (Reihe Soziologie / Institut für Höhere Studien, Abt. Soziologie, 122), 2018. 48 S
Inhalt: Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert die Gruppe der Asylberechtigten (inkl. subsidiär Schutzberechtigte) mit Arbeitsmarktzugang. Im Fokus der Analyse stehen fünf Kohorten, definiert nach dem Zeitraum, in dem die Flüchtlinge einen positiven Bescheid und damit Arbeitsmarktzugang erhielten. Die fünf Kohorten werden hinsichtlich ihrer Arbeitsmarktintegration verglichen und wir versuchen Unterschiede in der durchschnittlichen Dauer bis zur Aufnahme der ersten Erwerbstätigkeit in Österreich mit Hilfe von individuellen und strukturellen Merkmalen zu erklären. Wichtigste Ergebnisse: Die Eingliederung in Beschäftigung sowohl bei weiblichen als auch männlichen Asylberechtigten der beiden letzten Kohorten (2012-2016) erfolgte langsamer als in den ersten Kohorten (2001-2011). Die Charakteristika der Herkunftsländer tragen substantiell zur Erklärung der unterschiedlichen Integrationschancen der Asylberechtigten bei, insbesondere die Beschäftigungsrate von Frauen und Männern und die Geschlechterkultur im Herkunftsland. Auch die Arbeitsmarktbedingungen zum Zeitpunkt des rechtlichen Arbeitsmarktzugangs in Österreich zeigen Auswirkungen, insbesondere auf männliche Asylberechtigte. Es zeigen sich weitere interessante geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede in den Bestimmungsfaktoren der Dauer der Arbeitsmarkteingliederung (z.B. hinsichtlich der Bildung der Asylberechtigten und hinsichtlich der Größe und Dynamik, der in Österreich ansässigen Bevölkerung aus dem eigenen Land).
Returns to foreign and host country qualifications: evidence from the US on the labour market placement of migrants and the second generation
Autor/in:
Demireva, Neli; Lo Iacono, Sergio
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 142-152
Inhalt: The integration of migrants in the US economic system is a central concern of policy-makers and scholars. A faster and smoother assimilation of valuable human capital would indeed benefit the labour market, increasing its efficiency. To investigate the integration of minorities and migrants in the US labour market, we employ data from the Current Population Survey from June 2016 (the primary source of labour force statistics in the US). We focus on the following ethnic groups: White, Black, Asian, and Other (a combination of Native Americans, Pacific and Mixed). For each ethnicity we consider if respondents are US born, 1st- or 2nd-generation of immigrant descent. Among 1st-generation migrants, we further differentiate between recent (in the country for 10 years or less) and long (in the country for more than 10 years) arrivals, as they are likely to have different levels of social capital and knowledge of the job market. We focus on three very relevant labour market outcomes: being employed, being employed in a public sector job and working in a professional or managerial position. Our results indicate better placement of individuals with tertiary degrees, an effect particularly important among women. Minorities in the public sector have made some important gains in terms of occupational attainment parity with the white majority.
Schlagwörter:Ethnizität; ethnicity; Migrant; migrant; USA; United States of America; Humankapital; human capital; Arbeitsmarkt; labor market; erste Generation; first generation; zweite Generation; second generation; öffentlicher Sektor; public sector; privater Sektor; private sector; Minderheit; minority; Qualifikation; qualification; berufliche Integration; occupational integration
Employment and education-occupation mismatches of immigrants and their children in the netherlands: comparisons with the native majority group
Autor/in:
Khoudja, Yassine
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 119-141
Inhalt: This study examines the labor market integration of immigrants and their children in the Netherlands focusing on employment and over- and underqualification. Using data from the first wave of the Netherlands Longitudinal Life-Course Study (NELLS), the analysis shows disadvantages in employment probabilities for men and women from different foreign origin groups compared to the Dutch majority even after accounting for differences in human capital. Ethnic differences in employment probabilities are lower, but still visible, when comparing only respondents who obtained post-secondary education in the Netherlands. Further, first-generation immigrant men from Turkey and Morocco are at higher risk of being overeducated than Dutch majority men whereas this is not the case for second generation men and first- and secondgeneration minority women. Substantial ethnic difference in the likelihood of being undereducated are not prevalent. Having a foreign compared to a Dutch degree is related to lower labor market outcomes, but this negative relation is more pronounced for women than for men. Finally, there is some indication that overeducation is somewhat less common in the public sector than in the private sector, but minorities do not benefit more from this than the Dutch majority.
Schlagwörter:Niederlande; Netherlands; Einwanderung; immigration; Migrant; migrant; Integration; integration; Bildungsniveau; level of education; Qualifikationsniveau; level of qualification; Überqualifikation; over qualification; öffentlicher Sektor; public sector; Ethnizität; ethnicity; Erwerbsarbeit; gainful work; Humankapital; human capital; Mann; man; woman; erste Generation; first generation; zweite Generation; second generation
Returns to human capital and the incorporation of highly-skilled workers in the public and private sector of major immigrant societies: an introduction
Autor/in:
Demireva, Neli; Fellini, Ivana
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 1-5
Inhalt: Across the major immigrant societies of the European Union, EU-15 countries, migrants and minorities still experience economic disadvantage. This failure of economic integration poses significant questions about the utilization of human capital, the management of mobility and the competitiveness of European labour markets (Cameron, 2011; OECD, 2017). Using a variety of datasets, this special issue pushes the debate forward in several ways. We will consider the integration outcomes of both migrants and second generation minority members in comparison to majority members. Labour market outcomes will be considered broadly: the probability of employment but also overqualification will be taken into account. Offering both analysis of single country cases and a cross-national comparison, the special issue will build a comprehensive picture of the factors associated with labour market disadvantage of migrant men and women, and their descendants - particularly, differential returns to foreign qualifications and educational credentials, differences between public and private sectors placements, and where possible the period of the economic crisis will be examined as well.
Incorporation of immigrants and second generations into the french labour market: changes between generations and the role of human capital and origins
Autor/in:
Brinbaum, Yaël
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 104-118
Inhalt: This article analyses the labour market incorporation of migrants and second-generation minorities in France. Using the 2013-2017 French Labour Surveys and the 2014 adhoc module, we focus on labour market outcomes -activity, employment, occupation and subjective overqualification- and measure the gaps between ethnic minorities and the majority group by origins, generation and by gender. In order to elucidate the mechanisms behind these gaps and explain ethnic disadvantages for immigrants, we take into account different factors, such as education, and factors linked to migration -duration of stay in France, language skills, foreign qualifications, nationality- with additional controls for family, socioeconomic and contextual characteristics. We also investigate the returns to higher education among second-generation minority members compared to the majority population. We show large differences by country of origins, generation and gender. Across generations, most minority members have made clear progress in terms of access to employment and skilled jobs, but ethnic penalties remain for the descendants of North-Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Turkey. In contrast, Asian second-generation men and women encounter slight advantages in attaining highly-skilled positions. Controlling for tertiary degrees even increases the gap with majority members mostly in access to highly-skills jobs.
Schlagwörter:Einwanderung; immigration; Migrant; migrant; Minderheit; minority; Frankreich; France; Arbeitsmarkt; labor market; Humankapital; human capital; Diskriminierung; discrimination; Beschäftigung; employment; Bildungsniveau; level of education; Bildung; education; zweite Generation; second generation; Facharbeiter; skilled worker; Inklusion; inclusion
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Arbeitsmarktforschung, soziale Probleme
Employment returns to tertiary education for immigrants in Western Europe: cross-country differences before and after the economic crisis
Autor/in:
Guetto, Raffaele
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 64-77
Inhalt: This article contributes to the literature on the models of immigrants’ labour market incorporation in Western Europe by analysing the employment returns to tertiary education for both natives and immigrants. By using yearly EU-LFS data (2005-2013) for a selection of Western European countries, cross-country differences in the employment returns to tertiary education are analysed separately by immigrant status and gender. In Continental Europe, where immigrant-native employment gaps before the crisis were much larger than in Southern Europe, immigrants are found to benefit more from tertiary education, and their returns are also higher than for natives, while the opposite holds in Southern European countries. The same pattern is found irrespective of gender, but cross-country differences are more pronounced among women. The article also documents that the crisis contributed to a cross-country convergence, although limited to men, in the degree of immigrant employment disadvantage, which increased substantially in Southern Europe while remaining unchanged or slightly declining in all other countries. Nevertheless, although immigrant-native employment gaps grew as high as in Continental Europe, immigrant men in Southern Europe are still found to benefit from lower returns to tertiary education than their native counterparts.
Berufsbedingte Pendelmobilität, Geschlecht und Stress
Autor/in:
Augustijn, Lara
Quelle: Universität Duisburg-Essen Campus Duisburg, Fak. für Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Institut für Soziologie; Duisburg (Duisburger Beiträge zur soziologischen Forschung, 2/2018), 2018. 32 S
Inhalt: Berufsbedingte Pendelmobilität hat in Deutschland erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen, insbesondere für weibliche Erwerbstätige. Das Pendeln zwischen Wohn- und Arbeitsort ist jedoch in hohem Maße ambivalent, da Pendelmobilität nicht nur mit vorteilhafteren Arbeitsbedingungen verbunden ist, sondern auch als Stressor wirken kann. Der vorliegende Beitrag widmet sich daher der Frage, ob ein Zusammenhang zwischen berufsbedingter Pendelmobilität und der subjektiven Wahrnehmung von Stress beobachtet werden kann. Zudem wird untersucht, wie das Geschlecht der Pendler auf diesen Zusammenhang wirkt. Analysen auf Basis des deutschen Beziehungs- und Familienpanels (pairfam, Welle 7, 2014/2015) belegen, dass berufsbedingte Pendelmobilität tatsächlich mit einer höheren Stressbelastung bei den Betroffenen einhergeht, allerdings nur bei weiblichen Pendlern. Faktoren wie die Pendeldauer und der Partnerschaftsstatus üben keinen signifikanten Einfluss auf die Wahrnehmung von Stress aus, allerdings trägt das Zusammenleben mit Kindern bei pendelnden Frauen zu einer erhöhten Stressbelastung bei.
Gender discrimination in hiring across occupations: a nationally-representative vignette study
Autor/in:
Kübler, Dorothea; Schmid, Julia; Stüber, Robert
Quelle: Labour Economics, (2018) 55, S 215-229
Inhalt: We investigate gender discrimination in a nationally-representative sample of German firms using a factorial survey design. Short CVs of fictitious applicants for apprenticeship positions are presented to human resource managers who are asked to evaluate the applicants. Women are evaluated worse than men on average, controlling for all attributes of the CV. This measure of discrimination is robust to differences in the variance of unobservable productivity characteristics ("Heckman critique"). Discrimination against women varies across industries and occupations. Controlling for all occupation- and firm-related variables that we observe, only the share of women in an occupation correlates with discrimination.
Schlagwörter:Berufsgruppe; occupational group; Männerberuf; male profession; Personaleinstellung; hiring; Ausbildungsplatz; traineeship; Diskriminierung; discrimination; gender-specific factors; Federal Republic of Germany; hiring decisions; vignette study
SSOAR Kategorie:Arbeitsmarktforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Studium und Beruf in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Studienerfolg und Berufseinstieg der Absolventinnen und Absolventen
des Abschlussjahrgangs 2014 von Fachhochschulen und Universitäten
Autor/in:
Alesi, Bettina; Neumeyer, Sebastian
Quelle: International Centre for Higher Education Research INCHER-Kassel; Kassel, 2017. 195 S
Inhalt: Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wodurch der Studienerfolg sowie der berufliche und akademische Verbleib von Hochschulabsolventen beeinflusst werden. Datenbasis sind Vollerhebungen der Abschlussjahrgänge 2011 und 2014 der Fachhochschulen und Universitäten in Nordrhein-Westfalen, die im Rahmen des Kooperationsprojekts Absolventenstudien (KOAB) jeweils 1,5 Jahre nach Abschluss als Onlinebefragung durchgeführt wurden. Als zentrale Erfolgsmerkmale werden das Einhalten der Regelstudienzeit, die Examensnote, die Studienzufriedenheit, der Übergang vom Bachelor- ins Masterstudium und der nach Abschluss erzielte Stundenlohn untersucht. Die Anlage der Untersuchung ermöglicht es, zeitliche Veränderungen sowie regionale Unterschiede im Vergleich zu Hochschulen aus dem übrigen Bundesgebiet zu betrachten.
Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt wird auf Unterschiede zwischen Fachhochschulen und Universitäten sowie die Analyse sozialer Ungleichheiten gelegt: Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Absolventen aus akademischem Elternhaus mit dem Studium zufriedener sind und nach einem Bachelorabschluss häufiger ein Masterstudium aufnehmen als Erstakademiker. Die Examensnote und das Einhalten der Regelstudienzeit korrelieren nur an Universitäten positiv mit der Bildungsherkunft und nicht an Fachhochschulen. Absolventen mit Migrationshintergrund erzielen an beiden Hochschularten geringere Studienleistungen und sind nach dem Studium häufiger arbeitssuchend als Absolventen ohne Migrationshintergrund. Frauen schließen ihr Studium zwar erfolgreicher ab als Männer, sind damit aber weniger zufrieden, wechseln etwas seltener in ein Masterstudium und erzielen geringere Stundenlöhne. Mithilfe von Regressionsanalysen wird versucht, Einflussfaktoren des Studien- und Berufserfolgs zu identifizieren und die beschriebenen sozialen Ungleichheiten zu erklären. Neben soziodemographischen Merkmalen werden unter anderem Bildungsbiographien (Abitur, Schulleistung, Berufsausbildung, Studienfach) und individuelle Studienbedingungen (Studienfinanzierung, Studium mit Kind) als Einflussfaktoren untersucht.
Schlagwörter:graduation (academic); technical college; regional mobility; study conditions; soziale Herkunft; satisfaction; Leistung; migration background; Hochschulbildung; Zufriedenheit; university; job success; Federal Republic of Germany; North Rhine-Westphalia; Master; social inequality; Lehramt; bachelor; Bachelor; Finanzierung; master (academic degree); Fachhochschule; social background; gender; funding; Studienverlauf; teaching position; regionale Mobilität; Studiendauer; Universität; Nordrhein-Westfalen; career start; child care; Kinderbetreuung; Berufserfolg; course of academic studies; Studienabschluss; achievement; Berufseinmündung; Migrationshintergrund; university level of education; soziale Ungleichheit; Studienbedingung; duration of studies; Absolventenstudie; Examensnote; Regelstudienzeit; Staatsexamen
SSOAR Kategorie:Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie, Arbeitsmarktforschung, Bildungswesen tertiärer Bereich
