TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic Integration of Skilled Migrants in Japan
T2 - The Role of Employment Practices
AU - Holbrow, Hilary J.
AU - Nagayoshi, Kikuko
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Scholars argue that institutional arrangements shape migrants’ economic integration trajectories, and yet few studies empirically substantiate this. This study identifies employment institutions in Japan that affect skilled foreign workers. We demonstrate that practices ostensibly introduced to benefit these workers are associated with lower pay, after adjusting for human capital and firm characteristics. High levels of gender inequality also severely disadvantage female skilled migrants. These findings demonstrate that in the Japanese case, detrimental employment institutions often cancel out skilled foreign workers’ returns to human capital. The results may explain why Japan has failed to attract and retain more skilled migrants.
AB - Scholars argue that institutional arrangements shape migrants’ economic integration trajectories, and yet few studies empirically substantiate this. This study identifies employment institutions in Japan that affect skilled foreign workers. We demonstrate that practices ostensibly introduced to benefit these workers are associated with lower pay, after adjusting for human capital and firm characteristics. High levels of gender inequality also severely disadvantage female skilled migrants. These findings demonstrate that in the Japanese case, detrimental employment institutions often cancel out skilled foreign workers’ returns to human capital. The results may explain why Japan has failed to attract and retain more skilled migrants.
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U2 - 10.1177/0197918318781587
DO - 10.1177/0197918318781587
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85060106340
VL - 52
SP - 458
EP - 486
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
SN - 0197-9183
IS - 2
ER -