Take note that this study takes into consideration different aspects of comparison, and majorly focuses on the labor market in Canada. Also, it takes into account socio-economic aspects coupled with other elements that lack the degree aspect to portray the differences between the two types of refugees in consideration. Factors lacking measurable variables include exposure to physical and mental health, ethics, family networks, economic networks and violence.
According to this study, government-sponsored refugees portray lower employment rates than their private sponsored counterparts. However, government inputs to the government-sponsored refugees cut the employment gaps gradually throughout the years.
Statistics point that privately sponsored refugees display a 17% difference with their government-sponsored counterparts when comparing the employment rates among men. The differences are also notable in women, as they portray a 24 % difference advantage for the privately sponsored immigrants. However, after 15 years of their stay in Canada, the percentage rates changed from 17% to 3% among the men and 24% to 2% among the women due to government inputs that focus on improving the lives of government-sponsored immigrants.
Employee earnings also portray a similar trend. Privately sponsored refugees enjoyed up to 28% more in salaries than their government-sponsored counterparts in the male segment. The same pattern was observed in women, as privately sponsored earned up to 34% percent more than their female counterparts in the government sponsored programs. The percentages decreased by 5% for both genders with their continued stay in Canada, as was the trend in employment rates.
Also, the research pointed out that the earning rates were higher among refugees with less than a high school diploma as their only qualification between the government sponsored and the privately sponsored immigrants, while those with a higher diploma portrayed fewer percentage differences in the labor variables compared in the article.
