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The Gender Dimension of the Female Highly Skilled Migrants

In: Gender Issues in Business and Economics

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  • Antonietta Pagano

    (Università Niccolò Cusano)

Abstract

One of the strategic assets in economic systems is human capital, therefore, advanced and emerging economies have implemented several policies aiming at improving skilled professional inflow. However, highly skilled migrations analysis represents an underdeveloped area of research in geographical sector; gender studies are even more underrepresented. To this end, the paper intends to investigate the skilled labor migration, the gender dimension of female highly skilled professionals, with a special focus on the OECD area. The author, thus, will provide an analysis of the destinations countries, sectorial differences, and labor market integration, in order to show the difficulties female human capital has to face in their migratory project.

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  • Antonietta Pagano, 2018. "The Gender Dimension of the Female Highly Skilled Migrants," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Paola Paoloni & Rosa Lombardi (ed.), Gender Issues in Business and Economics, chapter 0, pages 147-157, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-319-65193-4_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65193-4_11
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    1. Daniela Bolzani & Francesca Crivellaro & Rosa Grimaldi, 2021. "Highly skilled, yet invisible. The potential of migrant women with a STEMM background in Italy between intersectional barriers and resources," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(6), pages 2132-2157, November.

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