ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the labour market integration of children of immigrants in Flanders, Belgium. We analyse whether the labour market really treats the workforce in a standardized way as can be expected in a so-called meritocratic society. To make a distinction between natives and children of immigrants in our sample, we look at the nationality, the country of birth, the nationality of the maternal grandmother, the country of birth of the maternal grandmother, and the language that is spoken at home. Compared to native women, women from Turkish or Moroccan descent become wives and mothers at a relatively early age, and the number of children on average is higher. Research by Duquet et al. demonstrated that native and non-native children in Flanders already have unequal chances at the beginning of their education. Women of Turkish and North-African descent have poor chances of obtaining work and accordingly have higher risks facing long-term unemployment, compared to native men.
