This study examines the effect of unionization on the labor market integration of
newly arrived immigrants in Canada. We find that non-white recent immigrants
gain access to unionized jobs at a slower rate than do white recent immigrants.
The effect of unionization on earnings is somewhat lower for non-white recent
immigrants than for white recent immigrants. These findings are based on growth
curve modeling of longitudinal data from the Survey of Labour and Income
Dynamics (SLID). Therefore, unionization does not contribute to reducing the
earnings gap of non-white recent immigrants relative to white immigrants and the
native-born.
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