The interacting effects of religion and birthplace on the labour market outcomes of Asian immigrants in Australia

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Sheruni De Alwis, Nick Parr, Fei Guo
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Abstract

Immigration from a diverse range of source countries has been instrumental in increasing the diversity of religions among Australia’s population. Immigrants’ religious adherences may affect their labour market outcomes and integration into the host society more broadly by influencing their accumulation of human capital, work and family-related attitudes and values, social networks, and experiences of discrimination. Such effects of religion may differ between immigrants from different countries of origin. This paper examines the effects of religion and birthplace on unemployment, labour force participation and occupational status using 2016 Australian Census data, paying particular attention to the largest Asian immigrant groups. The results show that religion has stronger effects on labour force participation for females than for males. Christians tend to have higher employment and occupational status than Muslims and Buddhists. The results show the variations in labour force participation and occupational status between people with different religions are generally wider within immigrant groups than among the Australia-born, and the pattern of variation differs between Asian country of birth groups. The study demonstrates the importance of religion to the delineation of the heterogenous paths of economic integration of immigrant populations.

宗教和出生地对澳大利亚亚洲移民劳动力市场结果的相互影响
来自不同来源国的移民有助于增加澳大利亚人口中宗教的多样性。移民的宗教信仰可能通过影响其人力资本的积累、与工作和家庭有关的态度和价值观、社会网络和歧视经历,更广泛地影响其劳动力市场结果和融入东道国社会。宗教的这种影响在来自不同原籍国的移民之间可能有所不同。本文利用2016年澳大利亚人口普查数据,考察了宗教和出生地对失业、劳动力参与和职业状况的影响,特别关注了最大的亚洲移民群体。结果显示,宗教对女性劳动力参与率的影响比对男性更大。基督徒往往比穆斯林和佛教徒有更高的就业和职业地位。结果表明,移民群体中不同宗教的人在劳动力参与和职业地位方面的差异通常比澳大利亚出生的人更大,而亚洲国家出生群体之间的差异模式也不同。该研究证明了宗教对描绘移民人口经济一体化异质性路径的重要性。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Population Research is a peer-reviewed, international journal which publishes papers on demography and population-related issues. Coverage is not restricted geographically. The Journal publishes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Submissions may take the form of original research papers, perspectives, review articles and shorter technical research notes. Special issues emanating from conferences and other meetings are also considered.
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