Family, religion, and multiculturalism: challenging implications on women's economic behavior

This paper examines competing influences of family formation and religious affiliation on women's economic bahavior in Australia's multicultural and multiethnic setting. The paper also examines the challenging influences of religion and family issues on women's economic behavior once other relevant factors such as human capital investments (i.e. education and English competency) as well as migration characteristics (consisting of born in Australia or overseas, duration of residence in the destination country, and region of origin) and age structure are controlled