Negative Assimilation: How Immigrants Experience Economic Mobility in Japan
Negative Assimilation: How Immigrants Experience Economic Mobility in Japan
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DOI：
10.1111/imre.12129
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发表时间：
2016-06-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Ishida, Kenji
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作者：
Takenaka, Ayumi;Nakamuro, Makiko;Ishida, Kenji
本文研究了日本外国移民的经济流动性。在一个很大程度上被认为是同质化且对外来者封闭的国家，移民如何以及在多大程度上取得了经济成功？作者进行的一项调查显示，传统的同化主义观点并不能完全解释移民在日本的经济成功。来自西方的移民经历了奇西克和米勒（Chiswick and Miller，2011）所说的“消极同化”。也就是说，他们在日本的收入随着时间的推移而下降。虽然来自亚洲邻国的移民没有明显观察到负同化，但他们的工资并没有随着他们在日本逗留时间的延长而增加。对于这两个群体来说，他们从国外带来的技能在很大程度上对他们的经济成功负有责任，而当地特定的人力资本，例如在东道国社会获得的教育，对他们的收入没有贡献。
This paper examines the economic mobility of foreign migrants in Japan. In a country that is largely regarded as homogeneous and closed to outsiders, how and to what extent do immigrants achieve economic success? A survey conducted by the authors revealed that the conventional assimilationist perspective does not fully explain immigrants' economic success in Japan. Migrants from the West experience what Chiswick and Miller (2011) refer to as "negative assimilation." That is, their earnings decline over time in Japan. While negative assimilation was not clearly observed among immigrants from neighboring Asian countries, wages among them did not increase with the length of their stay in Japan. For both groups, the skills they brought from abroad were found to be largely accountable for their economic success, while locally specific human capital, such as education acquired in the host society, did not contribute to their earnings.