Skill, Migration and Gender in Australia and Canada

The Case of Gender-based Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID6235039
AuthorsAnna Boucher (0000-0002-6200-8951, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume42
Issue3
Pages383-401
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361140701513547
OpenAlexW2012144675
LanguageEN
Citations received47
References cited30

The shift away from family immigration and towards skilled immigration is one of the most important changes over the past decade in Australian immigration policy. Yet the implications of this shift for female applicants have remained largely unexplored. Skilled immigration has slipped by as a genderless story in which the androgynous skilled migrant is the central character and economists do most of the storytelling. This paper discusses the gender equality concerns raised by the policy shift towards skilled immigration. It argues that Australia's skilled immigration scheme disadvantages female applicants through its construction both of economic independence and 'skill.' A comparison with Canada's skilled migration law and regulations, which are audited by gender mainstreaming tools, is considered to ascertain what role, if any, gender-based analysis plays in identifying and rectifying the potential gender inequalities produced by skilled immigration selection

Demographic economics · Economics · Gender equality · Gender mainstreaming · Immigration · Immigration policy · Independence (probability theory · Inequality · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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