Intra-EU youth mobility, human capital and career outcomes

The case of young high-skilled Latvians and Romanians in Sweden

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ID3666865
AutoresHenrik Emilsson, Katarina Mozetič (0000-0003-4693-0329)
Ano2021
Volume47
Fascículo8
Páginas1811-1828
Data de publicação2021-06-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2019.1679413
OpenAlexW2991478735
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas35

This article analyses the relationship between human capital and career outcomes using the case of highly skilled young Latvians and Romanians in Sweden. As a non-English-speaking country with regulated labour markets, the Swedish case provides a contrast to previous studies on EU10 to EU15 mobility that usually focus on English-speaking receiving countries with less regulated labour markets. Thirty-eight semi-structured interviews are analysed from a life-course perspective to map the education and career trajectories before and after their mobility. Three career trajectories are found: match, re-skilling, and de-skilling. Most young migrants tend to prioritize general, rather than country specific, human capital investments, which negatively affects their career outcomes. The results highlight the importance of individual human capital investment choices as well as structural opportunities in receiving countries for understanding the relationship between human capital and career outcomes for young EU-migrants

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Investment (military · Labour economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Labour Market and Migration · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Regional Development and Policy