Migrant women on the labour market: On the role of home- and host-country participation

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5817

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: female labour force participation ; immigration ; cultural transmission

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kok, Suzanne ; Bosch, Nicole ; Deelen, Anja ; Euwals, Rob
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51583
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201107042664
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET