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Shackled by double disadvantage?: Gender, segregation and immigrants' occupational attainments
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7680-334x
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8414-8381
2025 (English)In: Acta Sociologica, ISSN 0001-6993, E-ISSN 1502-3869, Vol. 68, no 1, p. 83-101Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of the article was to determine whether immigrant women's occupational status reflect a double disadvantage in comparison to immigrant men and inborn women and how patterns are formed by occupational segregation. The study utilised register data for descriptive comparisons of the immigrant and inborn populations in Sweden (n ≈ 4,900,000). Regression analyses were performed on nationally representative surveys of the immigrant (n ≈ 2600) and total (n ≈ 3200) labour force. The results do not support the notion of a double disadvantage. In the immigrant population, only women with primary/secondary education have jobs with lower average prestige than men, reflecting the fact that women are clustered in female-dominated occupations. Among immigrants with higher education, the gender gap is reversed, and men's disadvantage is explained by ethnic segregation. Compared to Swedish-born individuals, prestige gaps are substantially larger for men. After accounting for segregation, the gap is closed among women but not among men.

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Sage Publications, 2025. Vol. 68, no 1, p. 83-101
Keywords [en]
Double disadvantage, occupational prestige, immigrant, gender, segregation, ethnic, Sweden, labour market
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-216709DOI: 10.1177/00016993231219133ISI: 001139571400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85181696188OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-216709DiVA, id: diva2:1812107
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Integration or segmentation? Immigrants´ employment in Sweden from a gender perspective, Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2017-00226Available from: 2023-11-15 Created: 2023-11-15 Last updated: 2025-05-28Bibliographically approved

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