A way to measure the career trajectories of people in migration: the career benefit indicator
Abstract
This paper describes the steps in the development of a career mobility indicator designed to examine the career mobility of Hungarian-born workers in Austria and Germany. The paper presents a further development of a previously published career utility indicator by the authors, which allows for a more accurate measurement of the career arc of migrant workers. The authors show that the career utility indicator can be used to analyse the career utility of Hungarian migrant workers in general, i.e. the use of qualifications and work experience acquired in Hungary in the labour market of the host country. The aim of this paper is to show that the indicator can be used to distinguish between groups of migrants with different career benefits, and thus to identify and compare career-winning and career-losing groups of workers and demographics. The article uses the career payoff indicator to illustrate that a larger proportion of Hungarian workers of different ages, sexes and at different times of arrival in Germany and Austria suffer career losses.
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