Anticipating the Globalisation of Labour
Finnish Women as Immigrant and Offshore Labour for the Swedish Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3640282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjatta Rahikainen (Finnish Institute of International Affairs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-112 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691830601043539 |
| OpenAlex | W1966763261 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper considers the cases of labour migration from Finland to Sweden and Finnish women workers in Swedish firms in Finland as small-scale examples to discuss three issues. Firstly, it assesses the usefulness of concepts derived from the historic Atlantic migration, such as the ‘friends and relatives effect’, the wage gap and ‘catching up’. Secondly, it examines the kind of migration pattern that materialised when traditional obstacles to migration were removed due to the short geographic distance and the open border between Finland and Sweden. Thirdly, it juxtaposes the cases of Finnish women working for Swedish textile and clothing companies relocated in Finland and those working at the same time in Sweden as immigrant labour. It is suggested that, with due modifications, these cases constituted an early example of women in offshore production in less-developed countries and the employment of immigrant women in more developed countries. The findings lend support to Sassen's call for examining immigrant labour in association with offshore labour. However, it is recommended that the voices of the female and male workers concerned should also be taken into consideration
Clothing · Demographic economics · Division of labour · Economics · Economy · Globalization · Immigration · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Wage · Labor Movements and Unions · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
International migration, immobility, and development
Globalization and History
International Labour Migration
European Encounters
International Migration, Immobility and Development. Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Family and Work in Rural Societies
Interregional and International Trade
Family and Work in Rural Societies-Perspectives on Non-Wage Labour
The employment integration of immigrants in Sweden
Multinational Enterprise in Historical Perspective
Open borders
International Migration, Immobility and Development
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |