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Occupational skill attainment in Canada: the role of gender, nativity status and ethnic origin

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  • Najma R. Sharif

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This paper examines how ethnic origin and gender interact to shape the occupational skills attainment of native and foreign born workers in Canada. Of special interest is how the occupational profile of the foreign-born evolves over time relative to that of the native-born, by gender and ethnic origin. We estimate multinomial logit models from 1991 and 2006 census data, and then simulate occupational profiles of the native and foreign-born of different ethnic origin, controlling for human capital characteristics. We find that native and foreign-born women display the 'glass-ceiling' and 'sticky-floor' syndrome in that they are significantly underrepresented in management positions and overrepresented in clerical positions relative to men, more significantly if their education was not acquired in Canada. There is variation by ethnic origin, and all groups display significant occupational mobility over time. But even after 15 years, foreign-born occupational distributions differ substantially from those of the native-born.

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  • Najma R. Sharif, 2014. "Occupational skill attainment in Canada: the role of gender, nativity status and ethnic origin," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(5), pages 695-712, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:irapec:v:28:y:2014:i:5:p:695-712
    DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2014.907245
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