Asian migrant women's employment participation : patterns, determinants and differentials

This paper is an empirical investigation into Asian migrant women's employment participation in Australia. Using the customized tabulations from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing, it examines the patterns and determinants of employment status and occupational levels of Asian-born migrant women and compares their differentials with both non-Asian-born migrants and native-born women in the multiethnic and multicultural context of Australia. The status and success of migrant groups in the labor market has been observed to be a key indication of migrants' settlement in the destination country, while acknowledging issues of selectivity of migration from Asia to Australia as a multicultural context. The multivariate findings of the study provide a basis for settlement assessment of Asian migrant women.