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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Employment among female immigrants to Europe
Morten Blekesaunesubject
Sociology and Political Sciencemedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesImmigrationAffect (psychology)VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 2200506 political sciencePeer review0502 economics and business050602 political science & public administrationDemographic economicsSociologyTransculturation050207 economicsmedia_commondescription
This article investigates how cultural factors might affect the employment of female immigrants to Europe. Cultural factors include the characteristics of individual women, their countries of origin in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the European regions where they reside. Data are from the European Social Survey (2002 to 2019) and various international organisations. Employment is predicted by educational level and religiosity, religious composition of the country of origin, and rates of unemployment in the region of residence. Less educated immigrants from Muslim countries have particularly low employment rates. Contrary to expectations, the employment of female immigrants seems unaffected by overall female employment rates in the region of residence, and correlation with female employment in the country of origin disappears when controlling for its religious composition. The findings for cultural factors are consistent with theories about transculturation and also with theories about religion and moral orders. They are less consistent with a standard acculturation model hitherto popular in the research literature.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-19 |