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Call for papers: HIGHLY SKILLED MIGRANTION: RISKS AND ECONOMIC CRISES

A special issue of the journal “Population, Space and Place” (Wiley)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1544-8452

Guest editor: Cristina Bradatan (Texas Tech University)

The unprecedented economic progress of contemporary societies has resulted in 
new challenges such as globalization, individualization, underemployment (Beck, 
1999), as well as migration. We live in a more risky society because 
institutions that used to hedge the risk  – such as family and the welfare 
state – are less and less effective (Breen, 1997). While economic prosperity 
leads to large increase in the number of migrants, an economic crisis 
supposedly stop people from moving from one country to another and, eventually, 
make them return. However, because economic crises tend to be global rather 
than local, migrants (and potential migrants) are caught between two 
undesirable options - to stay or to go  - as both host and origin countries 
lose jobs and stop supporting the poorer parts of society. These people are a 
vulnerable group with low levels of protection from both countries involved.

Human capital is arguably one of the hedging variables and skilled migrants are 
considered to be in a better position than the general immigrant population 
because of their high human capital. Usually, they know more about the host 
country, have a better knowledge of its language, many of them are legal rather 
than illegal immigrants and, in many cases, they immigrate as a
result of a job offer.

This special issue explores the risks faced by the highly skilled migrants, 
especially in conditions of economic crisis. For the purpose of this 
discussion, highly skilled migrants are defined as persons with a bachelor 
degree or higher.


Generally, the economic outcomes of the foreign born are more sensitive to the 
business cycle than those of the native-born (Orrenius & Zavodany, 2009). While 
it is predictable that low educated immigrants would do poorly in conditions of 
economic crisis, it is not obvious what will happen to the well-educated. Will 
they be more affected than the native born? Will
they be more affected than the unskilled immigrants? Would they move to other 
countries?

On the one hand, their high human capital might protect them from losing jobs 
and allow them to have higher levels of geographical mobility. On the other 
hand, many of the skilled immigrants do not live within an ethnic enclave and, 
therefore, they might benefit from lower levels of social capital once they 
lose their jobs. This, in turn, might push more of them to leave the
host country and either go back to their origin country or move to regions 
unaffected by crisis.

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES:

If you plan on submitting a paper for this issue, please submit first a title 
and an abstract of 350- 500 words to cristina.bradatan@xxxxxxx (with “For PSP 
special issue” in the subject line). The deadline for submitting the abstract 
is February 28, 2013.

The deadline for submitting the final paper if August 31, 2013. This special 
issue will appear in 2014.

Here are the journal guidelines for authors:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1544-8452/homepage/ForAuthors.html

About the journal POPULATION, SPACE AND PLACE

Impact Factor: 1.815

ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2011: 3/23 (Demography); 16/73 
(Geography)

Aims and Scope

Population,
Space and Place aims to be the leading English-language research journal in
the field of geographical population studies. It intends to:

·
Inform population researchers of the best
theoretical and empirical research on topics related to population, space and
place

·
Promote and further enhance the international
standing of population research through the exchange of views on what
constitutes best research practice

·
Facilitate debate on issues of policy relevance
and encourage the widest possible discussion and dissemination of the
applications of research on populations

·
Review and evaluate the significance of recent
research findings and provide an international platform where researchers can
discuss the future course of population research

·
Provide a forum for population researchers to
assess and apply philosophical and methodological developments in the social
and behavioural sciences

·
Encourage quantitative, qualitative and mixed
methods approaches to population research.



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Matthew R. Davis

Co-Editor H-Citizenship

Associate Professor
Department of English
CCC 0421
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI  54481

(715) 346-4307
Matthew.Davis@xxxxxxxx



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Doctoral Candidate
Dept. of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, CUNY
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