Policy Brief – Employers’ preferences for migrant employment and informal employment

The F2F sectors in Europe have become increasingly reliant on migrant labour. At the same time, agriculture and other low-paid, low-skilled sectors are characterised by higher levels of informality than the economy as a whole. In DignityFIRM, we aimed to investigate employers’ strategies regarding recruitment and hiring, and whether their decisions to employ migrants and to engage in informal employment may be interdependent. To this end, we conducted a survey of more than 1,200 small and medium-sized firms (up to 49 employees) in three F2F sectors: agriculture, food processing, and bars and restaurants.

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