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From youth to adulthood: Descendents of immigrants insertion in the Swiss society

From 2011 to 2014 the project led by Claudio Bolzman studied the integration of the second generation of immigrants, focusing on the relationship between the life course and vulnerability around the transition from youth to adulthood.

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Prof. Claudio Bolzman receives an award from the Leenaards Foundation for a project on elderly immmigrants
Study on a young generation having grown up in Switzerland

Publications

Other publications

Guarin, A., & Bernardi, L.. (2014). Union formation among immigrants and their descendants in Switzerland. Families And Societies, 2014(13), 74-97. Retrieved from http://www.familiesandsocieties.eu/?page_id=2370

Report (PDF) (1.53 MB)

Bolzman, C. (2014). Exil et errance. Pensée plurielle. Parole, pratiques et réflexions du social, 35(1), 43-52. doi:10.3917/pp.035.0043

Article (PDF) (2.61 MB)

Bolzman, C., & Bagalwa, J.. (2013). Diplômés africains: Accès aux emplois qualifiés en Suisse. In A. Manço & Barras, C. (Eds.), La diversité culturelle dans les PME. Accès au travail et valorisation des ressources (pp. 65-79). Paris: L’Harmattan.

Gomensoro, A. (2014). Sélection précoce, objectifs de formation et réussite scolaire individuelle. Le cas des descendants d'immigrés d'ex-Yougoslavie en Suisse. Relief, 48, 59-66. Retrieved from http://www.cereq.fr/index.php/publications/Relief/Reussite-scolaire-reussite-professionnelle-l-apport-des-donnees-longitudinales.XXIes-journees-d-etude-sur-les-donnees-longitudinales-dans-l-analyse-du-marche-du-travail-Dijon-19-20-juin-2014

Article (PDF) (129.51 KB)

Wall, K., & Bolzman, C.. (2013). Mapping the new plurality of transnational families: A life course perspective. In L. Baldassar & Merla, L. (Eds.), Transnational families, migration and the circulation of care. Understanding mobility and absence in family life (pp. 68-96). New York: Routledge.

Bolzman, C. (2011). Access to employment for children of immigrants: An exploratory review of several explanatory factors. Revue suisse de travail social, 11(2), 64-79.

Article (PDF) (7.16 MB)

Bernardi, L. (2011). A mixed-method social networks study design for research on transnational families. LIVES Working Papers, 2011(3), 1-13. doi:10.12682/lives.2296-1658.2011.3

Article (PDF) (535.71 KB)

Bolzman, C., & Gomensoro, A.. (2011). Türkeistämmige Kinder in der Schule. In M. Ideli, Suter Reich, V., & Kieser, H. - L. (Eds.), Neue Menschenlandschaften: Migration Türkei - Schweiz 1961-2011 (pp. 283-305). Zürich: Chronos.

Bernardi, L. (2011). A mixed-methods social networks study design for research on transnational families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73(4), 788-803. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00845.x

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