Immigrants and Precarious Work in Canada: Trends, 2006–2012

Parvinder Hira-Friesen ()
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Parvinder Hira-Friesen: University of Calgary

Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2018, vol. 19, issue 1, No 3, 35-57

Abstract: Abstract Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey for March of 2006 through 2012, the present study examines precarious employment and trends over time between immigrants (recent and established) and their Canadian-born counterparts. The regression models are run separately for males and females as existing research shows that many precarious jobs are occupied predominantly by women. The findings of the present study show recent immigrant males and females (respondents in the sample who have lived in Canada for five years or less) are over-represented in involuntary part-time work and this trend is increasing over time. The pattern is not as pronounced for multiple-job holders nor for temporary-job holders.

Keywords: Immigrants; Precarious work; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s12134-017-0518-0

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