Replication data for: The Myth of Immigrant Women as Secondary Workers: Evidence from Canada

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alícia Adserà; Ana M. Ferrer

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Project Citation:

Adserà, Alícia, and Ferrer, Ana M. Replication data for: The Myth of Immigrant Women as Secondary Workers: Evidence from Canada. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112797V1

Project Description

Summary: We use the confidential files of the Canadian Census 1991–2006, combined with information from O*NET on the skill requirements of jobs, to show that the labor market patterns of female immigrants do not fit the profile of secondary workers, but rather conform to the recent experience of married native women with rising participation (and wage assimilation). At best, only relatively uneducated immigrant women in unskilled occupations may fit the profile of secondary workers. Educated immigrant women experience skill assimilation over time: a reduction in physical strength and a gradual increase in analytical skills required in their jobs relative to natives.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Confidential Census; O*NEt descriptive characteristics of occupations

JEL Classification:
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

Geographic Coverage: Canada

Time Period(s): 1990 – 2005

Universe: 20% sample of Canadian Population + O*NEt occupational data

Data Type(s): census/enumeration data; other:

Collection Notes: Access to data through secure Statistics Canada location (Research Data Center Network)

Methodology

Data Source: Statistics Canada and O*Net

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals,

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