Wages and working conditions of non-Irish nationals in Ireland

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Migrants make a significant contribution to Ireland and its economy, and increasingly form a key portion of the Irish workforce. For migrants, jobs are an important source of income, and their integration into a country’s labour market is a key indicator of their broader social integration into society. However, international research finds significant inequalities in migrants’ employment experiences; in particular, … Read More

Author(s):James Laurence, Elish Kelly, Frances McGinnity, Sarah Curristan
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Publication Date:19 Jan 2023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.26504/jr2
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Labour Market Integration of Third-Country Nationals in EU Member States: EMN Inform


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This inform summarises the results of the EMN Synthesis Report on Labour Market Integration of Third-Country Nationals in EU Member States. The effective integration of migrants into the host society is a key challenge Europe is currently facing. Labour market integration is a key element of successful migrant integration. While unemployment rates have been decreasing steadily since 2014, the gap between the unemployment … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:12 Feb 2019
Geographic Focus:Europe
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“Finding their way”: the negotiation of the city by low-skilled service sector migrant workers in Dublin

Abstract The city has become the context for a dialectical relationship not only between the global and the local but also between migrants and the host society. Whilst there is considerable work on migrant integration, integration is rarely examined from the perspective of the workplace, or from a geographic perspective, which problematizes the spatiality of migrant workers’ experiences. This article … Read More

Author(s):Siobhán Rachel McPhee
Publisher:Taylor and Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Dec 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02723638.2015.1101875
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Determining Labour and Skills Shortages and the Need for Labour Migration in Ireland

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This study explores the extent to which research on the Irish labour market guides economic migration policy-making. An overview is provided of the process in place for identifying labour and skills shortages, and the mechanisms and tools used for that purpose. The study shows that direct information linkages exist between the responsible bodies: the Skills and labour Market Research Unit … Read More

Author(s):Egle Gusciute, Emma Quinn and Alan Barrett
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:25 Nov 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:ISBN 978-0-7070-0395-5
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Determining labour shortages and the need for labour migration from third countries in the EU: EMN Synthesis

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Shortages of workers with relevant qualifications have become a major challenge affecting European competitiveness. In the context of rapid technological change, Europe’s declining population and ageing workforce mean that labour shortages are expected to increase in the future.   The aim of the study is to analyse how Member States employ labour migration to address the identified labour shortages. The … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:10 Nov 2015
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Graduate Emigration from Ireland: Navigating New Pathways in Familiar Places

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Abstract This article examines the ability of young Irish graduates to enact mobility as a form of personal and career development both during economic expansion and recession. Of particular interest is the observation that Irish graduates are much more mobile than those in other countries which were also badly affected by the recession. Drawing from a study of recent Irish … Read More

Author(s):Elaine Moriarty, James Wickham, Sally Daly and Alicja Bobek
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:02 Nov 2015
URL:http://irj.sagepub.com/content/23/2/71.abstract
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Recruiting the “culturally compatible” migrant: Irish Working Holiday migration and white settler Canadianness

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Abstract Working Holiday programs have been identified as an increasingly significant source of temporary migrant labor for several wealthy states. This case study adds to limited work on this phenomenon in the Canadian context by offering a partial chronology of Irish Working Holiday migration to Canada and a critical analysis of Canadian government discourse that positioned Irish migrants as not … Read More

Author(s):Jane Helleiner
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:16 Oct 2015
URL:http://etn.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/10/15/1468796815610354.abstract
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Social Networks and Labour Market Access among Brazilian Migrants in Ireland

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Abstract  This paper investigates migrant access to employment using concepts from Granovetter [1973. “The Strength of Weak Ties.” American Journal of Sociology 78 (6): 1360–1380; Granovetter, M. 1983. “The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited.” Sociological Theory 1: 201–233] relating to ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ ties in networks and from Coleman [1988. “Social Capital in the Creation of Human … Read More

Author(s):Garret Maher and Mary Cawley
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:14 Oct 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1061424#.ViDUSflVhBc
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Business Migration to Ireland

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This study aims to map the measures and policies that are in place to facilitate and encourage business migration from non-EEA countries to Ireland, and to examine to what extent the immigration system is ‘business friendly’. Both short-term business travel and longer-term business-related immigration are examined. The report focuses on: immigrant investors, immigrant entrepreneurs, intra-company transferees, graduate trainees and any … Read More

Author(s):Egle Gusciute, Emma Quinn and Alan Barrett
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:22 Jul 2015
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0386 3
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Admitting third-country nationals for business purposes: EMN Synthesis Report

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Abstract This study takes stock of the trend of offering specific programmes to attract and admit non-EU investors and/or business persons and to compare the ways, and extent to which, EU Member States’ existing legal and policy measures are used to facilitate and attract the entry and stay of third-country nationals for business purposes whilst safeguarding against misuse. The Study … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:05 May 2015
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Discrimination in the labour market: nationality, ethnicity and the recession

Abstract Previous research shows that immigrants, in common with other groups that suffer disadvantage in the labour market, are more vulnerable during recession. However, little research has focused on the impact of the Great Recession on work-related discrimination. We examine the extent to which discrimination varies across different national-ethnic groups in Ireland, and whether discrimination increased between 2004, during an … Read More

Author(s):Gillian Kingston (ESRI), Frances McGinnity (ESRI) and Philip J O’Connell (UCD)
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:06 Mar 2015
URL:http://wes.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/03/04/0950017014563104.abstract
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Migrant workers and the north of Ireland: between neo-liberalism and sectarianism

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Abstract Abstract In 1998, the north of Ireland emerged from a protracted civil insurgency sustained by a socio-political infrastructure comprising an expanded Keynesian welfare state and a developing neo-liberal economy. This provided the context for significant migration to the North after 2004. While research highlights migrant experiences not dissimilar to those in other parts of the UK and Ireland after … Read More

Author(s):Brian Garvey and Paul Stewart
Publisher:SAGE Journals
Publication Date:06 Mar 2015
URL:http://wes.sagepub.com/content/29/3/392.abstract?etoc
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Employment Rights for Migrant Workers in Ireland: Towards A Human Rights Framework

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Abstract: This paper considers the right to work for migrant workers in Ireland. The right to work, as recognised in international human rights instruments, encompasses a range of interrelated rights. However, economic and labour market developments at local and global levels play a key role in defining the right to work. Diverse views in relation to conceptions of the right … Read More

Author(s):Deirdre Toomey
Publisher:Springer
Publication Date:01 Jan 2015
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-015-0426-0
ISBN:null
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Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union relating to legal migration and national developments: EMN Inform


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This EMN Inform provides information on EU and national case law on the interpretation and application of legal instruments within the legal migration EU acquis. For the purpose of this EMN Inform these are: Directive 2003/109/EC concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents; Directive 2003/86/EC on the right to family reunification; In addition, one example of case … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:31 Oct 2014
Geographic Focus:Europe
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The migration of Irish-born footballers to England, 1945–2010

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Abstract Abstract This article will look at the experiences and achievement levels of Irish-born post-war football migrants to England using player interviews and secondary sources. The problems of cultural adaption, ‘bullying’ and anti-Irish abuse will be examined. The majority of Irish footballing migrants between 1945 and 2010 have not played in English football’s top division or gained senior international honours. … Read More

Author(s):Conor Curran
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:10 Oct 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970.2014.961372#.VEYfvvldU6V
ISBN:null
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“I am kind of in stalemate”. The experiences of non-EU migrant doctors in Ireland

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Source: Chapter 10 in Buchan, J., Wismar, M., Glinos, A.I., and Bremner, J (eds.), New dynamics, mobile individuals and diverse responses . Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2014, pp.233-250.

Author(s):Niamh Humphries, Posy Bidwell, Ella Tyrrell, Ruairi Brugha, Steve Thomas and Charles Normand
Publisher:WHO Regional Office for Europe
Publication Date:08 May 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/health-professional-mobility-in-a-changing-europe.-new-dynamics,-mobile-individuals-and-diverse-responses
ISBN:null
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Occupational downgrading and wages of New Member States immigrants to Ireland

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Abstract This paper explores the importance of occupational downgrading in explaining the pay gap of New Member States (NMS) immigrants to Ireland by taking advantage of two data sources, the Census and the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The study identifies biases in the coverage of NMS immigrants in SILC that dampen their estimated earnings disadvantage. Corrections to … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Voitchovsky
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Publication Date:03 May 2014
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imre.12089/abstract
ISBN:null
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The application of quotas in EU Member States as a measure for managing labour migration from third countries: EMN Informs


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This EMN Inform[1] provides information on the use of quotas[2] by Member States as one of a possible range of measures to manage labour migration from third countries, as well as secondary movements of third country nationals, exercising mobility for the purpose of employment within the EU. [1] Information sources include: the EMN Studies Satisfying Labour Demand through migration (2010); … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:31 Jan 2014
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Recruitment processes and immigration regulations: the disjointed pathways to employing migrant carers in ageing societies

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Abstract Older adult care in Ireland and the UK has seen substantial recruitment of migrant registered nurses and care assistants. However, there is little information on recruitment methods in this sector and on how the current immigration systems influence these strategies. This article aims to address this topic through a survey of care organizations and interviews with employers and migrant … Read More

Author(s):Alessio Cangiano and Kieran Walsh
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Publication Date:13 Nov 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://wes.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/11/13/0950017013491453.abstract
ISBN:null
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Attracting Highly Qualified and Qualified Third-Country Nationals: Ireland

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Abstract Despite the current recession in Ireland, the demand for certain specific, niche skills exceeds supply available within the EEA. As a result Ireland has aimed to attract key talent from non-EEA countries to fill skills shortages in specific sectors such as IT, engineering, finance and healthcare. This study discusses the policies and practical measures introduced to attract highly qualified … Read More

Author(s):Emma Quinn and Egle Gusciute
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:06 Sep 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0357 3
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