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Adolescents Overcome Inequalities in the Labor Market Through Resilience

Eva Van Belle — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:54:43 +0000

Recent research focuses on how immigrants, refugees, and their descendants fare in school and in the labor market. While most of these studies point towards a disadvantage for non-natives, less is known about how these people deal with this discrimination and become agents of their own destinies. It may therefore

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Why Do Some Immigrants ‘Whiten’ their Résumés?

Didier Ruedin — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:50:16 +0000

In Western countries, we observe that some employers and landlords discriminate against people with a name indicating that they are from a minority group. Research has shown that if you have a name signaling that you are an ‘immigrant’ or belong to an ‘ethnic minority,’ the chances of being invited

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Does an Immigrant-Native Wage Gap Exist? And Is It Fair?

Eva Van Belle — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:34:14 +0000

People with a migration background face many barriers in the labor market. Research has shown that they have fewer chances of being invited for job interviews or being offered a promotion, and when they do get a job, they may well earn less or face worse working conditions. Much less

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Jugendliche mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund erwarten gegenseitige Integration in der Schule

Petra Sidler — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:30:15 +0000

Durch weltweite Migrationsbewegungen entsteht nicht nur in der Gesellschaft, sondern auch im Schulkontext eine kulturelle Heterogenität. Jugendliche mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund treffen in der Schule somit auf Mitschüler*innen, welche unterschiedliche kulturelle Hintergründe haben. Neuste Forschungsresultate zeigen auf, dass Jugendliche mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund die gemeinsame Integration bevorzugen und von Schulen

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One Size Does Not Fit All – Resilience Profiles of German, Greek and Swiss Pupils

Clarissa Janousch — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:30:51 +0000

Resilience processes have been studied for many years. Previously the focus was mainly on individual protective factors such as self-esteem and self-efficacy, etc. However, in recent years, research has focused on a multisystemic approach to the concept. Moral values, as well as structural and social dimensions, shape the normative nature

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Well-being at School and Work: Overcoming Inequalities

Wassilis Kassis — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:30:55 +0000

As the level of reported well-being declines worldwide, scholars have started highlighting patterns of well-being at different stages of life and the socio-ecological factors that contribute to producing inequalities to design appropriate prevention and intervention programs, and inform social policies. At the beginning of the 2008 recession, the level of

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