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

Beschreibung

"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. 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))

Zitationshinweis

Kosyakova, Yuliya & Zerrin Salikutluk (2023): Gender gap dynamics among refugees and recent immigrants: different start, similar patterns? (BIM working paper / Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung 01), 60 S. DOI:10.18452/27241