Resumen de Unionization and Income Growth of Racial Minority Immigrants in Canada: A Longitudinal Study.

Anil Verma, Jeffrey G. Reitz, Rupa Banerjee

• 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 visible 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]