This study explores issues of access to high-status occupations in the Canadian labour market, with particular emphasis on refugees who were in professional or managerial positions prior to their arrival in Canada. The study is based on interoiews with a sample of 525 adult refugees who were initially resettled in the province of Alberta between 1992 and1997. About two thirds of the respondents came from former Yugoslavia, the remainder from countries in the Middle East, Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Despite the generally high educational attainment of these refugees, the results show that they experience much higher rates of unemployment, part-time employment, and temporary employment than do Canadian-born individuals. A variety of structural factors operating in a segmented Canadian labour market help to explain the downward mobility of these highly qualified refugees. The policy implications of these results are examined in detail. La prdsente dtude porte sur l'acc~s ?l des postes de haut niveau sur le marchd de l'emploi canadien, plus particuli~rement dans le cas des rOfugids qui exercaient une profession libdrale ou des fonctions de cadre avant leur arrivde au Canada. L'dtude s' appuie sur des entrevues avec un &hantillon de 525 rdfugids adultes originellenlent rdinstallds dans la province de l'Alber4a entre 1992 et 1997. Les deux tiers etwiron des personnes interrogdes venaient de l' ex-Yougoslavie, les autres de pays du Moyen-Orient, d'Am~rique centrale, d'Afrique et d'Asie du Sud-Est. Malgrd le niveau d'instruction gf'nOralement ~lev~ des rdfugids en question, les rdsultats montrent que le taux de chamage dans leur cas est plus dlev~ et qu'ils occupent plus souvent des emplois temps partiel et des emplois temporaires que les personnes ndes au Canada. Divers facteurs structurels intervenant dans un march~ de l' emploi canadien segment~ aident ?L expliquer la mobilit~ vers un moindre niveau d'emploi de ces rdfugids hautement qualifids. Les implications de ces rdsultats en mati&re de politique sont examin&s en ddtail.
Cet article a pour but d'analyser les expériences du marché du travail des jeunes nés de parents immigrants, réfugiés et canadiens en utilisant deux ensembles de données de 1998, l'Enquête sur la dynamique du travail et du revenu, et L'enquête sur le rétablissement des réfugiés en Alberta. Son ambition première est de comprendre leurs expériences de travail, étant donné qu'elles sont essentielles à leur intégration et à leur passage à l'âge adulte. D'un point de vue pratique, les résultats aident les fournisseurs de services de première ligne en procurant de l'information supplémentaire sur les besoins liés à l'emploi des jeunes nouveaux arrivants. Théoriquement, cette étude a pour objectif de mieux comprendre un des aspects de l'intégration — l'emploi —, étant donné que l'information actuelle ne décrit pas adéquatement les expériences de ces jeunes. Dans l'ensemble, cette recherche augmente les connaissances sur l'intégration des jeunes nés de parents immigrants et réfugiés sur le marché canadien du travail. This paper examines the labor market experiences of immigrant‐born, refugee‐born, and Canadian‐born youth using two data sets, the 1998 Survey on Labour and Income Dynamics and the 1998 Refugee Resettlement to Alberta Survey. Its main objective is to understand their job experiences as they are crucial to their integration and transition to adulthood. On a practical level, the findings help front‐line service providers by providing additional information about the employment‐related needs of newcomer youth. Theoretically, this research aims to develop a better understanding of one aspect of the integration, employment, as current information does not adequately describe the experiences of newcomer youth. Taken together, this research increases knowledge about the integration of immigrant‐born and refugee‐born youth in the Canadian labor market.
Finding a job has become a critical challenge to many youth. Immigrant youth, who have been a key part of the global migrants, are particularly vulnerable when entering the job market of the host country due to various structural barriers. However, in both public policy discourse and research, their labour market experience tends to be overlooked. In this paper, we report the employment experience of recently arrived immigrant youth based on an analysis of the LSIC and findings of in-depth interviews of 82 immigrant youth in four cities in Canada. Our results reveal that recently arrived immigrant youth tend to work in lower-skilled employment, experience significant delays in finding employment, have difficulties with foreign credential recognition, and have fewer means to access to job markets.
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