Migrant Women on the Labour Market: On the Role of Home- and Host-Country Participation

Suzanne Kok (), Nicole Bosch (), Anja Deelen () and Rob Euwals ()
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Suzanne Kok: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Nicole Bosch: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Anja Deelen: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Rob Euwals: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

No 5817, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The behaviour of migrant women on the labour market is influenced by a variety of factors, among which the culture of the home and host country. Part of the literature investigates the role of home-country culture. This study extends the literature by including a measure for the influence of host-country culture as an additional determinant of the participation of migrant women. The empirical model explains participation from demographics and educational attainment, and uses home- and host-country female participation as proxies for culture. Evidence on the basis of the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1996-2007 suggests that both differences in home-country female participation and the trend in native female participation, as a measure for host-country culture, affect the participation of migrant women. The results suggest that host-country participation is at least as important as home-country participation.

Keywords: female labour force participation; immigration; cultural transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2011-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-lab and nep-mig
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