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How portable is social security for migrant workers? A review of the literature
Author(s) -
Taha Nurulsyahirah,
Siegmann Karin Astrid,
Messkoub Mahmood
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international social security review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1468-246X
pISSN - 0020-871X
DOI - 10.1111/issr.12061
Subject(s) - software portability , immigration , social security , migrant workers , political science , sociology , business , development economics , economic growth , economics , computer science , law , programming language
Abstract This article reviews the recent literature on existing mechanisms that allow for the portability of social security entitlements for migrant workers and finds that N orth– N orth migrants have the best access to portability. There is limited coordination between origin and destination countries regarding the portability of social entitlements of S outh– N orth migrants. These migrants are dealing with discourses and policies that treat them as second class citizens, even as they are providing much‐needed labour to their host countries. S outh– S outh migrants are seeing new regional mechanisms addressing portability. However, many of the impacts of these mechanisms are not yet known. Other knowledge gaps on portability relate to internal and S outh– S outh migration, the role of gender and other social identities, migrants’ occupations as well as their legal immigration status.