Dalhousie University, Canada
IZA World of Labor role
Author
Current position
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Canada
Research interest
(Im)migration, population health, youth and family, social transitions and trajectories
Qualifications
PhD (Sociology), Western University, 2016
Selected publications
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"Becoming permanent: The transition characteristics of temporary foreign workers to permanent residents in Canada." International Migration 59 (2021): 8–24 (with M. Haan, Y. Yoshida, and N. Iciaszczyk).
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"Transition to adulthood of refugee and immigrant children in Canada." Applied Psycholinguistics 41:6 (2020): 1465–1495 (with J. Amoyaw).
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"Looking beyond labour market lntegration: Household conditions surrounding refugee children in Canada." In: Refugees in Canada and Germany: From Research to Policies and Practice. Mannheim, Germany: GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 2020 (with J. Amoyaw).
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Refugee children’s earnings in adulthood
Refugee status and country of origin shape the economic outcomes of newcomer children later in life
The number of refugees has increased worldwide, and about half of them are children and youth. These refugee children arrive in resettlement countries with a unique set of challenges caused by, for instance, extreme stress and trauma that call for specific policies to address their needs. Yet, the long-term effect of refugee status on newcomer children's economic trajectories varies by country of origin, signaling the need for effective resettlement support and initiatives to tackle broader systemic barriers for newcomer children, beyond refugees. Such findings challenge the commonly held notion of refugees as a distinctive, relatively homogeneous group with similar trajectories.MoreLess