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Immigrant Employment in 2007

Jacqueline Perrin-Haynes, cellule Statistiques et études sur l’immigration, Insee

Summary

In 2007 2.4m immigrants living in mainland France said they were working or unemployed, i.e. 8.6% of the labour force. The employment rate for female immigrants aged between 15 and 64 rose from 35 % in 1990 to 47 % in 2007. The unemployment rate for immigrants is twice as high as that for non-immigrants, and affects female immigrants more than male immigrants. One quarter of working immigrants are graduates. Among manual workers, male immigrants less often do jobs for skilled workers than male non-immigrants; one quarter of female immigrants do jobs for unskilled workers. Like the rest of the population, immigrants work less and less in manufacturing and more and more in services.

October 2008 - n°1212