Work lives of skilled female immigrants in the United States
Work lives of skilled female immigrants in the United States

Author(s): Harika Suklun
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Labor relations, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Work lives; skilled female immigrants; United States; Immigration; Batalova; Blizzard; phenomena; globalization; international; immigration; market for skilled ; workers; global; markets;
Summary/Abstract: Immigration has become central in the public conversation especially in the United States. The most common topics are political controversy, struggling statistics, and the perceptions of the noteworthy interval to changing realities (Batalova, Blizzard, & Bolter, 2020). With the phenomena of globalization, international immigration keeps growing around the world. The market for skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, and in parallel to that, the new knowledge and ideas are becoming increasingly global in markets. Adserà and Pytliková (2015, p. 79) conclude that people in countries with a higher level of education migrate more than in other countries which might be the reason for the increased need for highly skilled migrants globally. Although skilled immigrants in the United States represent a smaller proportion of the workforce, in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, immigrants have a vital role in advancing innovation and economic growth and providing domestic labor supply (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2015). Some countries are receiving more immigrants than others, and the top immigrant-receiving countries are the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia. According to Gonzalez-Barrera and Connor (2019, p. 4), the United States held 18 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world in 2017. In 2019 there were 13,590,000 Lawful Permanent Residents (also called Green Card holders) and, of the total number, 7,070,000 were females in the USA (Baker, 2020, p. 6).

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