Determinants of Female Labour Force Participation in the Host Country—: The Case of Migrant Women in the United Kingdom

Abstract

Though female labour force participation (FLFP) rates have been widely analysed across countries, the analysis of migrant women's participation has been consistently ignored in the literature. The few studies that have been conducted concentrate largely on sociological and anthropological aspects of migrant women (see Foner (1976)). This article will investigate immigrant FLFP rates, which are generally found to be different from their counterparts in the immigrants' country of origin. To evaluate the immigrant FLFP rate we analyse and quantify the nature and significance of its various demographic, socio‐economic and cultural determinants.

Citation

Akhtar, S. (1981), "Determinants of Female Labour Force Participation in the Host Country—: The Case of Migrant Women in the United Kingdom", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 2-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044872