IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rseexx/v45y2021i3p131-148.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The steady progress of Non-English-Speaking migrant women’s labour market participation in Australia

Author

Listed:
  • Tariq H. Haque
  • M. Ohidul Haque

Abstract

This study deals with the labour force participation of Non-English-Speaking migrant women and draws a comparison with that of Australian-born women, using the 2016 Australian Confidentialised Unit Record File (CURF) Microdata based on a 1% sample from the Australian 2016 Census. A general probit model is used to estimate the probability of labour market participation of both groups, as well as for each of the groups separately, attributable to various factors. The results suggest that the participation rate of Non-English-Speaking migrant women (58.9%) is increasing over time, but is still much lower than for Australian-born women (69.5%), with the gap narrowing over time. Further, it also shows a reduced chance of participation in the labour market when they are old, married, and have children. However, Non-English-Speaking migrant women are more likely to participate than Australian-born women when they are old, married, and have children due to economic needs. Providing excellent English, education, recognition of overseas qualifications and experiences together with easy access to childcare might help Non-English-Speaking migrant women to further increase their chance of participation in the Australian labour market.

Suggested Citation

  • Tariq H. Haque & M. Ohidul Haque, 2021. "The steady progress of Non-English-Speaking migrant women’s labour market participation in Australia," Studies in Economics and Econometrics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 131-148, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rseexx:v:45:y:2021:i:3:p:131-148
    DOI: 10.1080/03796205.2021.1961422
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/03796205.2021.1961422
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/03796205.2021.1961422?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rseexx:v:45:y:2021:i:3:p:131-148. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rsee .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.