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Is There a Double-Negative Effect on the Earnings of Immigrant Women?

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Charles M. Beach
Christopher Worswick

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This paper examines whether there is a "double-negative" effect on the earnings of immigrant women arising from a possible combined negative impact of gender and birthplace on earnings. The paper finds that a double-negative effect on earnings does not appear to hold across the board for all immigrant women, but is quite marked for highly educated women; and that a conventionally estimated rate of earnings adjustment for immigrant women appears much less than that for men and is not at all statistically significant, so that any initial earnings gap relative to native-born women changes very little over the worker's career.

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Volume (Year): 19 (1993)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 36-53
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  5. Reimers, Cordelia W, 1985. "Cultural Differences in Labor Force Participation among Married Women," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(2), pages 251-55, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Deborah Cobb-Clark & Thomas F Crossley, . "Gender, Comparative Advantage and Labor Market Activity in Immigrant Families," Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers 46, McMaster University. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Finnie, Ross & Meng, Ronald, 2003. "Minorités, capacités cognitives et revenus des Canadiens," Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche 2003196f, Statistics Canada, Direction des études analytiques. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Louis N. Christofides & Robert Swidinsky, 1994. "Wage Determination by Gender and Visible Minority Status: Evidence from the 1989 LMAS," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 20(1), pages 34-51, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Nielsen, Helena Skyt & Rosholm, Michael & Smith, Nina & Husted, Leif, 2001. "Qualifications, Discrimination, or Assimilation? An Extended Framework for Analysing Immigrant Wage Gaps," IZA Discussion Papers 365, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  14. Leilanie Basilio & Thomas K. Bauer & Mathias Sinning, 2007. "Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 0024, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Downloadable!]
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  15. Derek Hum & Wayne Simpson, 1999. "Wage Opportunities for Visible Minorities in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 25(3), pages 379-394, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  19. Arnold de Silva, 1997. "Earnings of Immigrant Classes in the Early 1980s in Canada: A Re-examination," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 23(2), pages 179-202, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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