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Title: Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Using 19802000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on married adult immigrants' labor supply assimilation profiles, we find that immigrant women from countries with high female labor supply persistently work more than those from low-female-supply countries. While both groups of women work less than comparable natives on arrival, women from high-female-participation countries eventually close the gap with natives entirely, and women from low-female-labor supply countries eliminate most of it. Men's labor supply is unaffected by source country female participation, suggesting that the findings on women reflect notions of gender roles.

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Authors: Blau, Francine D.; Papps, Kerry L.; Kahn, Lawrence M.

Periodical (Full): The review of economics and statistics

Issue: 1

Volume: 93

Pages: 43-58

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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