The influence of National Identities in the labor market Critical discussion

• Author: Erion Avllazagaj
• Position: Universiteti 'Aleksandër Xhuvani'
• Pages: 559-564

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Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania Vol. 1 No. 3

January 2016

The influence of National Identities in the labor market Critical

discussion

PhD (C.) Erion Avllazagaj

Universiteti “Aleksandër Xhuvani”

Abstract

In the Institute for the Study of Labor Studies of the influence of ethnic identity is examined

for the situation of migrant women in the German labor market. For that reason, ethnic

identity is first defined upon differences, based on a model from social psychology in

four forms. These are: assimilation, integration, marginalization and separation.

Based on this classification bivalent scheme the degree of national identity concerning

various criteria have to be compared with the result on the labor market, in order to

make visible the impact of ethnic identity in different labor market situations. The process

comes to some concrete results - for example, assimilation is not necessarily an advantage

for those affected over integration process.

Keywords: Assimilation, Integration, Separation, National Identity.

Introduction

Two spheres collide when correlations between identity and employment come in

discussed. Identity run as a concept in various scientific disciplines, as part of

sociology, cultural or psychology studies. Work emerges naturally in the economy,

or for example in sociology. If we bring both terms in context, of first basal questions

must be answered: what level the concepts can be compared? Which are the respective

definitions? Definitions of what science fields are useful?

In migration studies there are different approaches that are dedicated to the theme

of integration and generally the participation in the labor market is a factor for the

evaluation of (successful) integration. Another factor, which is, however, much

more difficult to operate, is national or ethnic identity of the persons itself. Both

concepts are here so subordinate under the term integration. They therefore do not

function in such a model as independent factors but are reduced to their function

as integration highlights.

This is not bad, because certainly the attempt is sensible to make integration

assessable, however, this approach does not intend to relate the two concepts directly

with each other.

One way to answer the question of a relationship between national identity and

the successful participation in the labor market is maybe that one which can be

describe in various disciplinary approaches that can be analyze or compared in

order to eventually develop an adequate stand-alone approach. The following analyze

is divided into three sections.

In the first one is intended the argument is ever a relationship between ethnic identity

and the situation of migrants in the labor market (Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin;

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F.: „Ethnicity, Job Search and Labor Market, Bonn 2009)

In the second chapter, is presented by the authors the instrument which measure