Debora has a background in economic sociology with a focus on migration studies. Her research delves into the multifaceted impacts of migration on both individuals and society, exploring its economic and social dimensions. She also investigates how the gender and ethnic dynamics shape migration processes and integration strategies using an international comparative perspective.
Senior Research Fellow
Debora Pricila Birgier
Publications
Pricila Birgier, D., & Cantalini, S. (2025). Navigating employment and overeducation: comparative study of immigrant experiences in 17 Western European nations. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 51(3), 583-608.
Bar-Haim, E., & Birgier, D. P. (2024). Language distance and labor market integration of migrants: Gendered perspective. Plos one, 19(4), e0299936.
Birgier, D. P., & Bar-Haim, E. (2023). Language Used at Home and Educational–Occupational Mismatch of Migrants by Gender. Social Indicators Research, 1-26.
Birgier, D. P., Lundh, C., Haberfeld, Y., & Elldér, E. (2022). Movers and Stayers: A Study of Emigration from Sweden 1993–2014. European Journal of Population, 1-32.
Haberfeld Y., Birgier D. P., Lundh C., and Elldér E. (2020). Migration across developed countries: German immigrants in Sweden and the US. International Migration, 58(6), 171-194.
Haberfeld Y., Birgier D. P., Lundh C., and Elldér E. (2019). Selectivity and internal migration: A study of refugees’ dispersal policy in Sweden. Frontiers in Sociology, 4, 66.
Birgier D. P., Lundh C., Haberfeld Y. and Elldér E. (2018). Self-selection and host country context in economic assimilation of political refugees in US, Sweden and Israel. International Migration Review, 52(2), 524-558.
Birgier D. P. (2017). Immigration, occupations, and native wages: Long time trends in the US. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 51, 41-55.
Mandel H. and Birgier D. P. (2016). The “Gender Revolution” in Israel: Progress and Stagnation. Pp. 153-184, in Nabil Khattab, Sami Miaari and Stier Haya (eds.), Socioeconomic Inequality in Israel: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan.
Working papers
Birgier, D. P & Bar-Haim, E. (2023). Language Distance, Language Abilities, and Labour Market Outcome of Migrants by Gender. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography. Preprint.
Birgier, D.P., & Cantalini, S. (2023). The Trade-Off Between Employment and Overeducation: A Cross-Country Comparative Study of Immigrants in 17 Western European Countries. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography. Preprint.
Haberfeld Y., Birgier D. P., Lundh C., and Elldér E. (2017). Economic assimilation of immigrants arriving from highly developed countries: The case of German immigrants in Sweden and the US. IFAU, Working paper 2017: 26
Related Research Projects
Ongoing
Integration of Highly-Educated Migrants Nordic Co-operation on Children Growing Up in Families with Persistently Low Income State of the Nordic Region Policy Recommendations to Maximise the beneficial Impact of Unexplored Mobilities in and beyond the European Union (PREMIUM_EU) Sustainable Nordic Remote Labour Markets (SUNREM) Giving Rural Actors Novel data and re-Useable tools to Lead public Action in Rural areas (GRANULAR)Finished
Labor market integration of migrant descendants in the Nordic countries Policy frameworks for migrant integration in the Nordic countries Evaluation of Indicators for the Social and Civic Integration of Migrants A common Nordic labour market 70 years and beyond (70 ys and beyond) Share the Care: Strategies to Increase Diversity in Nursing EducationRelated Publications
Labour market integration of migrants’ descendants in the Nordic countries
From arrival to participation: measuring migrants’ social and civic integration – a Nordic review
First aid kit to share the care: Recommendations to Increase Diversity in Nursing Education
Share the Care: Strategies to Increase Diversity in Nursing Education
The Common Nordic Labour Market 70 Years and Beyond
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