Mainstreaming the labour market integration of immigrants in the EU : policy framework and policy impact
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Political Science, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Zhumatova, Saltanat
issued: 2022-12-05T21:13:01Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: My dissertation examines a recent policy trend in immigrant integration: ‘mainstreaming’, an effort to promote equality between immigrants and EU nationals in generic policy domains such as education, housing, and employment through strategies that address the needs of the population at large. Despite its prominence as a policy approach within the European Union, there is little cross-national comparative work on policy mainstreaming. My dissertation seeks to fill this gap by addressing cross-country variation in the mainstreaming of labour market support, and its impact on the labour market integration of immigrants. I develop a Policy Index of Mainstreaming in Labour Market Support that covers data from 2006 to 2016 across 25 EU/EEA countries. The MLMS Index is the first of its kind to categorize diversity in mainstreamed employment support policy. It measures the scope of mainstreaming and the level of access to mainstreamed policies for various groups of immigrants. I argue that due to its focus on equality, policy mainstreaming in labour market support enhances the convergence between immigrants and EU nationals with reference to employment outcomes and it improves, on average, career prospects for immigrants. Under more robust levels of mainstreaming, the link between immigrant status and labour market performance is reinforced and higher policy exposure is likely to lead to better employment outcomes. I use multilevel Bayesian regression analysis in combination with single-level logistic regression and cross-tabulation analysis to test the policy effects on the employment outcomes of immigrants in the EU. Individual-level data are drawn from the European Union Labour Force Survey. Country-level data are drawn from my Index of Mainstreaming in Labour Market Support, the CIVIX, the OECD and Eurostat. My research allows for an exploration of how mainstreamed labour market integration policies vary over time and place. Next, my work offers new insights into wheth…
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note: MAINSTREAMING THE LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE EU: POLICY FRAMEWORK AND POLICY IMPACT by SALTANAT (SALTA) ZHUMATOVA Specialist Degree (Honours), Moscow State University, 2002 Candidate of Sciences, Moscow State University, 2005 M.A., Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, 2012 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies (Political Science) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) November 2022 © Saltanat (Salta) Zhumatova ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Mainstreaming the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in the EU: Policy Framework and Policy Impact submitted by Saltanat (Salta) Zhumatova in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science Examining Committee: Antje Ellermann, Professor, Political Science, UBC Supervisor Richard Johnston, Professor, Political Science, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Kai Ostwald, Associate Professor, Political Science, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Matthew Wright, Associate Professor, Political Science, UBC University Examiner Rima Wilkes, Professor, Sociology, UBC University Examiner iii Abstract My dissertation examines a recent policy trend in immigrant integration: ‘mainstreaming’, an effort to promote equality between immigrants and EU nationals in generic policy domains such as education, housing, and employment through strategies that address the needs of the population at large. Despite its prominence as a policy approach within the European Union, there is little cross-national comparative work on policy mainstreaming. My dissertation seeks to fill this gap by addressing cross-country variation in the mainstreaming of labour market support, and its impact on the labour market integ…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422386
language: eng
degree discipline: Political Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Ellermann, Antje, 1971-
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83352