Civic Stratification and Social Positioning

CEE Labour Migrants without a Work Permit

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12788262
AutoresErik Snel (0000-0003-3808-9541, Erasmus University Rotterdam, autor correspondente), Marije Faber (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Godfried Engbersen (0000-0003-4635-1247, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Ano2014
Volume21
Fascículo6
Páginas518-534
Data de publicação2014-02-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPopulation Space and Place (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1544-8444 • E-ISSN: 1544-8452
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/psp.1846
OpenAlexW1537912531
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas29

Civic stratification is a relatively new dimension of social inequality in contemporary Western societies. States grant, or deny, different legal statuses and related social and economic rights. European Union (EU) nationals, for instance, have full rights to settle and work in other EU countries. Most EU countries have made an exception for nationals of new member states such as Romania and Bulgaria, who joined the EU in 2007. As in the past, Romanian and Bulgarian nationals need a work permit to work in other EU countries. However, many Romanians and Bulgarians came to countries such as the Netherlands without a work permit. This study examines what this ambivalent legal position of many Romanian and Bulgarian nationals means for their social position. Using data from a survey among 654 Central and Eastern European labour migrants, we distinguish four migrant categories: (1) Romanians and Bulgarians with a work permit; (2) Romanians and Bulgarians without a work permit; (3) Romanians and Bulgarians who do not need a work permit; and (4) Polish labour migrants who hold a different legal position. We use three measures of the social position of migrants: occupational status, earned monthly incomes, and housing conditions. We find that Romanians and Bulgarians with a work permit (‘compliant migrants’) score better on all three indicators than Romanians and Bulgarians without a work permit (‘semi‐compliant migrants’). Polish labour migrants have a comparable marginal position in the Netherlands with that of many Romanians and Bulgarians without a work permit. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Bulgarian · Citizenship · Demographic economics · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Immigration · Latvian · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Romanian · Social stratification · Work (physics · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics