Arbeitspapier

Settlement and labour force outcomes for Afghan immigrants and their children in Canada

Past research suggests that Afghan immigrants and their children face challenges in settlement, stemming from the impact of displacement, language barriers, poor health, limited education, limited knowledge of or access to services, and discrimination. Using data from Canada's 2011 National Household Survey and 2009 Longitudinal Immigration Database, this paper adds to these findings, pointing to poor labour force outcomes for most Afghan immigrants as compared to other immigrants. Home ownership probabilities are found to be concomitantly poor. Sons of Afghan immigrants fare better than their fathers, but no better than other immigrant men. However, the daughters of Afghan immigrants fare much better both in terms of employment probabilities and earnings as compared to other immigrant women.

ISBN
978-92-9256-415-5
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/189

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Thema
Afghan immigrants
Canada
labour force participation
housing tenure

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Pendakur, Ravi
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/415-5
Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Pendakur, Ravi
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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