Source-country Female Labour Force Participation and the Wages of Immigrant Women in Canada

Feng Hou and Kristyn Frank

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

Previous studies have found a strong association between source-country female labour force participation rates and immigrant women?s labour force participation in the host country. This relationship is interpreted as the enduring influence of source-country gender-role attitudes on immigrant women?s labour market activity. However, the assumption that source-country female labour force participation levels closely capture cultural gender-role attitudes has not been carefully examined. Furthermore, little is known about how source-country characteristics might be correlated with immigrant women?s labour market outcomes after entering the host country?s labour market.

This paper extends the current literature by addressing three questions: What is the relationship between source-country gender-role attitudes and source-country female labour force participation? Does the relationship between the source-country female labour force participation rates and immigrant women?s labour force participation in the host country persist when source-country gender-role attitudes are taken into account? Are source-country female labour force participation rates and source-country gender-role attitudes associated with immigrant women?s wages in Canada?

Keywords: Ethnic diversity and immigration; Immigrants and non-permanent residents; Income; pensions; spending and wealth; Labour; Labour market and income; Low income and inequality; Wages; salaries and other earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01-28
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