An Interdisciplinary Research-Based Study
Abstract
As migrant women in the United States move beyond initial stages of economic integration, the central challenge increasingly shifts from employment access to institutional legibility and public-value recognition. This article examines how migrant women’s professional activities evolve from adaptive self-employment into forms of contribution aligned with national interest domains, including community services, media, education, and care-related industries. Drawing on interdisciplinary analysis that integrates migration studies, labor sociology, and research-based journalism, the study argues that institutional recognition rather than skill availability constitutes the primary bottleneck to effective integration. By conceptualizing professional legibility as a measurable pathway toward public value creation, the article reframes migrant
women’s work as a structural asset for host societies rather than a marginal or transitional phenomenon.
Keywords:
national interest, professional legibility, migrant women, institutional integration, public value, United States
Author: Khrystyna Nedeva
ORCID: 0009-0005-1135-9582
Reviewers:
- Larisa Ivshina
ORCID: 0009-0007-5264-6566 - Oleh Tytarenko
ORCID: 0009-0008-9343-0427 - Yurii Savchuk
ORCID: 0009-0005-3147-5425
DOI: pending
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