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    « Que des locataires ! » : participation politique des résident·e·s espagnols et portugais à Genève et Neuchâtel
    (Neuchâtel : Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM), 2023-11) ; ;
    Bregoli, Andrea
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    Iannello, Lisa
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    Marques Castanheira, Marta
    Les cantons de Neuchâtel et Genève ont fait de l’inclusion politique de personnes étrangères un axe majeur de leurs politiques d’intégration. Neuchâtel a été le premier canton à octroyer le droit de vote communal pour les résident·e·s étrangers en 1849 ; en 2000, avec la nouvelle Constitution, il a accordé le droit de vote cantonal aux étranger·ère·s au bénéfice d’un permis d’établissement, domiciliés dans le canton depuis 5 ans et, successivement, en 2007 le droit d’éligibilité au niveau communal. Genève a été le premier canton à accepter en votation populaire en 2005 l’introduction du droit de vote communal (sans l’éligibilité) aux étranger·ère·s résidant légalement en Suisse depuis 8 ans. La participation électorale de la population étrangère est inférieure à celle des autochtones en Suisse à l’instar des autres pays ayant accordé des droits politiques au niveau local aux résident⸱e⸱s étrangers. L’âge, le niveau de formation et la condition socio-économique, ainsi que la connaissance du système politique, expliquent dans une large mesure ce décalage dans la participation électorale. La recherche montre également que des lois électorales inclusives permettant aux résident·e·s étrangers de voter, quel que soit le degré d’utilisation de ces droits, ont un impact positif plus large, favorisant la participation politique des citoyen·ne·s naturalisés. Constatant en outre des disparités entre collectivités étrangères et soucieux de promouvoir une participation politique accrue des résident·e·s étrangers, les délégué·e·s à l’intégration de Genève (BIC) et de Neuchâtel (COSM) ont chargé le Forum suisse pour l’étude des migrations et de la population (SFM) de l’Université de Neuchâtel, en collaboration avec l’Institut de démographie et socioéconomie (IDESO) de l’Université de Genève, d’étudier les raisons d’un tel décalage. L’étude se concentre sur les deux groupes présentant le taux le plus faible de participation électorale, à savoir les Portugais·e·s et les Espagnol·e·s. Dans le but de comprendre le comportement électoral en le situant dans un contexte plus large des trajectoires et des projets migratoires de ces populations, l’étude s’appuie sur une méthodologie mixte : elle combine une analyse documentaire approfondie avec, d’une part, des analyses statistiques sur des données jusqu’ici inexploitées et, d’autre part, une large étude auprès des populations en question.
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    Littératie en santé relative au covid-19 : focus sur la population migrante
    (Neuchâtel : Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM), 2021-05) ; ;
    Bodenmann, Patrick
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    La littératie en santé – c’est-à-dire l’accès aux informations de santé, leur compréhension, leur évaluation et leur application dans la vie de tous les jours – est un enjeu de santé publique majeur. Ceci est particulièrement vrai dans le contexte de la pandémie de covid-19, où l’information à propos du virus est abondante mais souvent incertaine et pas toujours fiable. Sur mandat de l’OFSP, la présente étude analyse la littératie en santé relative au covid-19 de la population migrante sur la base d’une enquête en ligne auprès de 2350 répondant.e.s. L’étude souligne que la pandémie est aussi une infodémie : qu’elle soit migrante ou pas, la population éprouve surtout des difficultés à évaluer la fiabilité des informations relatives au covid-19. Dans son ensemble, la population migrante enquêtée a une littératie en santé semblable à celle de la population générale. Or, cette littératie tend à baisser à vulnérabilité sociale croissante : les migrant.e.s davantage vulnérables en raison d’une compréhension partielle des langues locales, d’un statut de séjour instable et d’un faible niveau d’éducation ont plus de difficultés à s’informer, se sentent moins bien informés et plus déstabilisés face à la pandémie.
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    Collection and Analysis of Quantitative Data in the Field of Migration. Past Trends, Current Status and Future Prospects
    (Neuchâtel : nccr - on the move, 2020-10)
    To be understood, any social phenomenon must be documented, for example, using statistical indicators or figures. In this article, we show, on the one hand, that the complexity of migratory flows requires new ways of collecting information, fortunately made possible by advances in information technology and the development of data collection methods. On the other hand, using an example of Swiss databases, we indicate the new analytical potential offered by the development of comprehensive data systems. Finally, we discuss the potential offered by private data, in particular social networks and provider data, while also pointing out certain limitations.
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    De-qualification and de-emancipation among recently arrived highly skilled immigrant women in Switzerland
    (2019)
    Gerber, Sarah
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    Immigrants face numerous obstacles to integrating themselves into the Swiss labor market. One issue is the underutilization of skills, qualifications, and knowledge, which results in a brain waste for the migrants as well as for the Swiss society. This study examines the determinants of dequalificationand de-emancipation among the recently arrived highly skilled immigrant women in Switzerland. Using data from the Migration-Mobility Survey carried out in 2016 by the nccr – on the move, bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses are conducted with multinomial models. Being overeducated is used to determine the de-qualification process, and being excluded from the labor market to grasp the de-emancipation phenomenon. The main variables tested are the reason to migrate with the timeline of the partner’s migration, births of children with the timeline of migration and the region of origin. Recently arrived highly skilled immigrant women who arrived for family reasons, who have children and who are from emerging countries are significantly more likely to be excluded from the labor market. Furthermore, they have more risk of being overeducated if they come from Latin America and non-frontier countries of Europe. The findings indicate that de-qualification is mostly explained by the region of origin, whereas de-emancipation results, on the one hand, from the family situation of women and their status as tied migrants and, on the other hand, from discrimination towards the origin. There is an urgent need to betterunderstand the factors behind the deficit in labor force integration among immigrants and particularly women immigrants as well as to enhance the situation of those groups. Indeed, in Switzerland, discrimination towards migratory background is strengthened by being a woman and being from a specific country of origin. Therefore, the accretion of disadvantages leads to higher risks of underexploited capacities and knowledge.
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    Today’s Migration-Mobility Nexus in Switzerland
    This chapter provides a general overview of the Migration-Mobility Nexus in Switzerland. Today’s patterns of migration move on a continuum from long-term and permanent to increasingly temporary and fluid. Based on data from the Migration-Mobility Survey and on theoretical and political considerations, it aims at providing a general empirical overview of the migration flows towards Switzerland. First and on a theoretical level, the two paradigmatic lenses of migration research and mobility studies are presented. Second, the transformation of European migration regimes since the 1970s and its effect on the patterns of migration and mobility are discussed. Third, we show how Switzerland, being part of the European Migration Regime in transformation, can be used as a laboratory to understand the changes in and of an advanced post-industrial society. To this end, we provide a short empirical overview of the immigrant population and their living conditions in the country. Fourth, the chapter provides a set of analytical questions that will be addressed throughout this volume – by means of the Migration-Mobility Survey data – and discussed in the concluding chapter.
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    The Determinants of Naturalization in Switzerland between 2010 and 2012
    (2017) ;
    Loretan, Alicia
    Naturalization is an important phenomenon for countries, not only because of its implications (it grants duties and rights to new citizens) but also because of its policy-sensitive aspect. In Switzerland, it is also a complex phenomenon because of the diversity of procedures at the canton and commune levels. Knowledge of the determinants of naturalization is still lacking. In this context, this study presents two explanatory models of naturalization in Switzerland between 2010 and 2012, using statistical data prepared in the framework of the nccr – On the Move IP 1 Project, and analyzes their impacts on the naturalization (or lack thereof) of individuals, using binary logistic regressions. These models include sociodemographic variables, migration-linked variables and commune-related variables. Age, employment status (particularly unemployment), length of residence, country of origin and proportion of foreigners within the commune are the most explanatory variables of the naturalization of individuals, confirming the results of previous studies in Switzerland and abroad.
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    Towards a New Data Set for The Analysis of Migration and Integration in Switzerland
    To fully understand migratory flows, their determinants and their consequences for the host countries, researchers increasingly use methods based on life course – or longitudinal – approaches. Such approaches aim at following migrants from their arrival until their departure and at analyzing, among other factors, their integration and assimilation processes into the host society. These kinds of analyses inform to which extend (and after which duration of stay) migrants benefit from the same opportunities as native citizens. The introduction of a unique Personal Identification Number (PIN – corresponding to the social security number) in 2010 in the Swiss administrative registers and a new decree, which came into force in 2013, regulating data linkage for statistical purpose, allow today the development of longitudinal statistics based on population registers and official surveys. One objective of the NCCR On the Move was to create such a database in order to develop longitudinal analyses on migration issues. In this context, the aim of this working paper is to review the process leading to the creation of a new longitudinal database (called Swiss Longitudinal Demographic Database – SLDD). Therefore, we first describe its conceptual framework, by presenting the different available registers, the aims and the target population. Secondly, the article discusses the data linkage and the validation procedures. The paper ends with two examples of possible applications.