New in in the International Labour Review / @ilr-rit.bsky.social: "Occupational credentials and migrants’ return aspirations: Evidence from foreign elderly-care workers in Japan" by Nobuyuki Nakamura and Aya Suzuki:
While temporary migrants, especially in labour-intensive industries, are expected to contribute to economic growth and the labour market in their host and home countries, the motives for their return to their home countries are ambiguous. In this study, we investigate the effects of occupational credentials, as proof of skills, on migrant behaviour – specifically, whether those held in migrants’ home and host countries influence their return aspirations – using primary data on foreign elderly-care workers in Japan. We find that migrant workers who hold occupational credentials in their home countries tend to expect to return to their home countries much sooner than those who do not. Our findings suggest that the occupational credentials issued in each country play a crucial role in migrant workers’ return.
