Workplaces and labor markets

The need to find a job is one of the main incentives for migration, just as the need to find a workforce for the production process is one of the strongest pull factors. Labor, as both a push and pull factor, turns the labor market into a central issue in the analysis of migration processes. This assertion is true when one wants to explain why migrants leave, as well as why migrants choose certain arrival countries. But the labor market is also fundamental in explaining the integration processes of migrants once they arrive in destination countries. Belonging to the labor market is a significant regulating factor in integration pathways, starting with the fact that it influences the legal status of immigrants, and determines their living conditions and the set of rights and welfare services they can access.