Research Article

Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in The Netherlands: Dip and Catchup by Source Country

Table 1

Mean values of variables by gender and origin, 25–64.

MenWomen
NativeTurMorCarEastRefNWWestNativeTurMorCarEastRefNWWest

Employed0.850.680.780.730.490.720.800.670.350.650.550.220.500.65
Unemployed0.040.180.160.140.290.180.060.050.100.130.140.140.120.06
EGP1.782.412.012.122.372.161.731.902.362.052.141.982.281.89
Age44.7938.8641.3742.7740.4840.7146.0044.6437.0841.2341.0438.7639.5845.36
Second gen0.150.280.240.010.110.740.190.240.150.010.100.70
YSM (Imm)18.7821.1413.18.9614.523.218.0120.612.18.2913.221.6
Education13.4310.7712.5213.6213.3712.6313.6312.859.5612.2613.4311.9212.0613.10
Married0.560.560.530.550.580.570.540.530.510.440.510.520.490.50
1 Child 0–5 yrs0.120.300.160.170.210.210.120.120.300.170.190.270.230.13
More child 0–5 yrs0.080.140.070.070.090.120.060.080.140.070.050.090.100.07
Child 6–11 yrs0.190.380.180.200.260.250.170.200.440.260.220.380.300.19
Full-time0.760.600.700.660.390.620.710.160.130.280.200.070.210.19
Hours 24–320.060.040.060.050.040.070.060.200.090.220.170.100.130.20
Naturalised (Imm)0.170.650.120.070.320.090.140.660.160.050.300.12
N61333172811605224109715333621361716154985128512785829