Flows of oil, flows of people: resource-extraction industry, labour market and migration in western Kazakhstan
Flows of oil, flows of people: resource-extraction industry, labour market and migration in western Kazakhstan
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石油流动、人员流动：哈萨克斯坦西部的资源开采业、劳动力市场和移民
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2014
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P. Jäger
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P. Jäger
独立二十年后，哈萨克斯坦西部的劳动力市场强烈倾向于资源开采工业。石油行业不仅提供采矿和勘探方面的就业机会，还提供运输、安全和食品供应以及维护服务等相关服务方面的就业机会。根据在该地区一年的人种学田野调查，我认为资源开采行业为工作人口提供了相对较高的工资；然而，就劳动条件而言，这是一种诅咒。本文以阿克托贝省为例，强调了工人对石油部门的态度及其代理对移民选择的影响。研究表明，在石油行业赚到的钱可以作为移民和城市化的催化剂。
Twenty years after independence the labour market of western Kazakhstan is strongly oriented towards the resource-extraction industry. The oil sector offers job opportunities not only in mining and exploration but also in connected services such as transport, security and food supply, and maintenance services. Based on a year of ethnographic fieldwork in the region, I argue that the resource-extraction industry provides a blessing for the working population in terms of relatively high salaries; however, it represents a curse in terms of labour conditions. This article highlights, through the example of Aktobe province, workers’ attitudes towards and their agency within the oil sector that influences migration choices. The research suggests that money earned in the oil sector can work as a catalyst for migration and urbanization.