Gender gap dynamics among refugees and recent immigrants: Different start, similar patterns?

Yuliya Kosyakova and Zerrin Salikutluk
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Zerrin Salikutluk: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

No 202311, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "In the last years, the labor market integration of immigrant women has received much attention in the migration literature. We examine gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and other new immigrants who came to Germany during a similar period from a dynamic perspective. We compare their pathways throughout the early period after arrival and study a range of conditions suggested to be relevant for gendered labor market outcomes. Using two panel data sources, which include recently arrived refugees (the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Sample of Refugees) and other immigrants (the IAB-SOEP Migration Sample) in Germany, we compare the dynamics and sources of employment gender gap among refugees and other immigrants. The results uncover narrow initial gender differences among refugees that grow over time and a reversed pattern among other immigrants. However, female refugees’ initial disadvantaged starting position maintains five years after arrival. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the explanations offered in the literature cannot fully explain the hurdles female refugees and other immigrants face when entering the labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Aufenthaltsdauer; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation; ausländische Frauen; berufliche Integration; ausländische Männer; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Einwanderer; Entwicklung; Geflüchtete; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; IAB-SOEP-Migrationsstichprobe; IAB-SOEP-Migrationsstichprobe; IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung von Geflüchteten; IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung von Geflüchteten; 2010-2020 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2023-11-27
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DOI: 10.48720/IAB.DP.2311

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