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Ana Ferrer

University of Waterloo, Canada, and IZA, Germany

This work started from the observation that the difficulties surrounding the study of women’s labor choices has, until recently, held back our knowledge in this area. This problem is compounded in the case of immigration. The research presented here brings to light a very important aspect of immigration—the contribution of women immigrants—that has repercussions not only on economics but more generally on the demographic and sociological composition of contemporary countries

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Current position

Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada

Research interest

Education, labor markets, immigration, economics of the family

Website

http://bit.ly/Ferrer_Waterloopage

Past positions

Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Canada (2009–2013)

Qualifications

PhD, Economics, Boston University, USA

Selected publications

  • “Immigrants and demography: Marriage, divorce, and fertility.” In: Chiswick, B. R., and P. W. Miller (eds). Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, 1A: The Immigrants. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North Holland, 2014 (with A. Adsera).

  • “The myth of immigrant women as secondary workers: Evidence from Canada.” American Economic Review 104:5 (2014): 360–364 (with A. Adsera).

  • “Factors influencing the fertility choices of child immigrants in Canada.” Population Studies 68:1 (2014): 65–79 (with A. Adsera).

  • “The puzzling effect of delaying schooling on Canadian wages.” Canadian Public Policy 40:3 (2014) (with A. Menendez).

  • “Fertility patterns of child migrants: Age at migration and ancestry in comparative perspective.” The Annals of the American Academic of Political Science 643:1 (2012): 160–189 (with A. Adsera, W. Sigle-Rushton, and B. Wilson).

article(s)

  • Are married immigrant women secondary workers?

    Patterns of labor market assimilation for married immigrant women are similar to those for men

    Ana Ferrer, January 2015
    What is the role of married women in immigrant households? Their contribution to the labor market has traditionally been considered of secondary importance and studied in the framework of temporary attachment to the labor force to support the household around the time of arrival. But this role has changed. Evidence from major immigrant-receiving countries suggests that married immigrant women make labor supply decisions similar to those recently observed for native-born married women, who are guided by their own opportunities in the labor market rather than by their spouses’ employment trajectories.
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