%0 Journal Article
%T A ¡°U
%A Ivana Fellini
%A Raffaele Guetto
%J International Migration Review
%@ 1747-7379
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0197918318767931
%X The international literature hypothesized a ¡°U-shaped¡± pattern of immigrants¡¯ occupational trajectories from origin to destination countries due to the imperfect transferability of human capital. However, empirical evidence supporting this hypothesis is available only in single-country studies and for ¡°old,¡± Anglo-Saxon migration countries with deregulated labor markets. This article compares Italy, Spain, and France, providing evidence that the more segmented the labor market, the higher immigrants¡¯ occupational downgrade on arrival, independently from skills transferability and other individual characteristics. Paradoxically, the more segmented the labor market, the more important the acquisition of host-country specific human capital for subsequent upward mobility
%K segmentation
%K assimilation
%K immigrant occupational mobility
%K ethnic penalty
%K labor market
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0197918318767931