The contextual cogs of “migrant jobs”: A comparative study of the institutional determinants of migrant marginalization in European labor markets

Migrants play a significant role in European labor markets and are used as sources of “cheap labor”; often being disproportionately represented low-wage, poor conditions, or otherwise precarious positions. Past research has suggested that the process migrants filtered into these low-end occupations is linked to institutional factors receiving countries such immigration policy, welfare state employment regulation. This paper calculates extent migrant marginalization 17 uses qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) regression modeling understand how operate interact, leading marginalization. The QCA showed when country with prominent low skills sector restrictive policy combined either strong protection legislation developed state, will be more strongly marginalized on market. results statistical largely aligned idea immigrant by itself combination other can increase