Professional Downgrading of Immigrants in France

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[...] Thus, a professional downgrading in France (and more broadly in the West) offers a much more enviable life in terms of material goods. However, it's the material aspect that is mainly, if not exclusively, considered by the entourage, and the material possibilities offered by a life in France, including in the event of professional downgrading. Critical analysis / commentary This configuration reveals several phenomena related to globalization and Western nations that benefit at the expense of a good number of developing countries. [...]

[...] How do these immigrants communicate this downgrading to these families? Finally, a meticulous study of the typical profiles of the main concerned: are there stronger discriminations according to the geographical origin zones (Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe . gender (women, men). Pauline Vallot tackles all these questions in her scientific article." Complete bibliographic reference Pauline Vallot (2024). To be small in Europe, hold one's rank in Africa, localized tactics of declassed graduates of higher education following migration. In International Critique (2024/4 n°105). [...]

[...] Pauline Vallot. « Small hands, but larger studies. The ordinary downgrading of immigrant women in hexagonal France. Formation emploi : French Review of Social Sciences pp.143-167. ?10.4000/12b54?. [...]

[...] We note that these individuals all migrated to France at least at majority. In order to grasp the social consequences of this professional regression, the different forms of self-representation in the context of this migration. She therefore associates qualitative studies (semi-directive interviews, questionnaires ) on a significant sample of people with higher education and belonging to the literate youth of the privileged classes of the major urban centers of the Maghreb and West Africa. France is the main emigration country for these people for historical and linguistic reasons (the second is the consequence of the first). [...]

[...] Her research focuses primarily on the logical relationships between professional downgrading and migrations in postcolonial and postcommunist eras in metropolitan France and mainly in Germany. The content of her work involves investigating the career paths of qualified economic immigrants from countries in the Maghreb and French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, mainly. This investigation is carried out through a combination of statistical studies and biographical interviews with the concerned individuals. The goal is to understand how and why highly qualified economic immigrants (academic capital) from former French colonies are forced to occupy, for the most part, jobs that are retrograde compared to their qualifications. [...]