5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

Early migration research focused on labour market outcomes of men, even though women have been involved in the various migration flows in significant numbers. Their economic activities have had a tremendous impact on the arrangement of economic activities of other individuals in the societies they live in, whether migrants or non-migrants. This session aims to bring together research documenting gender differences in labour market outcomes for migrants and their descendants and exploring potential mechanisms to explain these differences. The papers presented in this session may tackle the questions about the impact of parental resources and their differential transmission, aspirations, discrimination and contextual factors. They may draw on ideas from interdisciplinary approaches, including (but not limited to) social stratification and migration research. Submissions of papers utilising innovative methods that change our understanding of migrant outcomes and contribute to the literature by using such techniques are encouraged, as well as the papers using concepts relating to gender inequalities that are less widely used in social stratification research, such as intersectionality and gender theory.
We welcome abstract submissions for this session which will take place in a regular session format. Up to five presenters will present their current research, each followed by a brief Q&A session.