In this work we aim at studying the social stratification of foreign workers in Italy adopting a class-based approach: this perspective allows us to shed light on the transmission of inequality and social mobility (both inter- and intra-generational) from country of origin to destination. We formulate the hypotheses that a low social origin and class position in home country is associated both with poor occupational achievement (Hyp 1) and with scarce chances of upward social mobility (Hyp 2) in the host country. Our results underline a clear class reproduction in the lowest strata of the occupational structure. Furthermore, occupational mobility to upper class (but not to petty bourgeoisie) is easier for who already has a high social position, while who lies at the bottom of the social structure is prevented from improving his\her position also in the host country.

Questo lavoro studia la stratificazione sociale dei lavoratori stranieri in Italia con una prospettiva centrata sulla classe sociale: è così possibile analizzare la trasmissione delle disuguaglianze e la mobilità sociale (sia inter- che intragenerazionale) dal paese di origine a quello di destinazione. Si ipotizza che bassa origine sociale e posizione di classe nel paese d’origine siano associate a scarsi esiti occupazionali (Hyp 1) e a ridotte possibilità di mobilità ascendente (Hyp 2) nel paese di destinazione. I risultati sottolineano una chiara riproduzione di classe negli strati più bassi della struttura occupazionale. Inoltre, la mobilità occupazionale verso l’upper class (ma non verso la piccola borghesia) è più realizzabile per chi ha già un’elevata posizione sociale, mentre chi ha un basso status socio-economico incontra difficoltà a migliorare la propria posizione anche nel paese ospitante.

Piccitto, G., Avola, M., Panichella, N. (2021). Social stratification of migrants in Italy: class reproduction and social mobility from origin to destination. In Book of Short Papers SIS 2021 (pp.539-544). Pearson.

Social stratification of migrants in Italy: class reproduction and social mobility from origin to destination

Piccitto, G
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2021

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In this work we aim at studying the social stratification of foreign workers in Italy adopting a class-based approach: this perspective allows us to shed light on the transmission of inequality and social mobility (both inter- and intra-generational) from country of origin to destination. We formulate the hypotheses that a low social origin and class position in home country is associated both with poor occupational achievement (Hyp 1) and with scarce chances of upward social mobility (Hyp 2) in the host country. Our results underline a clear class reproduction in the lowest strata of the occupational structure. Furthermore, occupational mobility to upper class (but not to petty bourgeoisie) is easier for who already has a high social position, while who lies at the bottom of the social structure is prevented from improving his\her position also in the host country.
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international migration, labour market, social class reproduction, social mobility, social stratification
English
SIS 2021: 50th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society - 21-25 June 2021
2021
Perna, C; Salvati, N; Schirripa Spagnolo, F
Book of Short Papers SIS 2021
9788891927361
2021
539
544
https://meetings3.sis-statistica.org/index.php/sis2021/index/pages/view/book
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Piccitto, G., Avola, M., Panichella, N. (2021). Social stratification of migrants in Italy: class reproduction and social mobility from origin to destination. In Book of Short Papers SIS 2021 (pp.539-544). Pearson.
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