Is there a gender- and non-English-speaking-pay gap among skill discounted migrants?

Gerrit  J. M. Treuren; Vidya Vishnu; Ashokkumar Manoharan

Abstract

Migrant skill discounting typically leads to employment in jobs that require the use of less skill and pays lower wages. Is the disadvantage of skill discounting more commonly experienced by female and Non-English-speaking migrants? Drawing on intersectional theory and the Continuous Survey of Australia’s Migrants, this paper estimates the gender- and Non-English-Speaking Background wage gap. We found that women are less likely to be skill discounted, while NESB migrants are eight times more likely to be skill discounted. Among skill discounted migrants, females earn about 91% of male earnings, while NESB migrants earn about 62% of ESB earnings. We estimate that the intersectional pay gap is about $2,400, about 4.3% of skill discounted female NESB earnings

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019
Event	33rd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: Wicked solutions to wicked problems. The challenges facing management. Research and practice. - Proudly hosted by the School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia at the Pullman Cairns International Hotel in Cairns, North Queensland, Cairns, Australia Duration: 3 Dec 2019 → 6 Dec 2019 Conference number: 33 https://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ANZ5696-ANZAM-Conference-Proceedings-Abstracts-2019-17-January-2020.pdf

Conference

Conference	33rd Annual Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Cairns
Period	3/12/19 → 6/12/19
Internet address	https://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ANZ5696-ANZAM-Conference-Proceedings-Abstracts-2019-17-January-2020.pdf

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Pay inequality
Gender
migrant workers

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