Immigration from a diverse range of source countries has been instrumental in increasing the diversity of religions among Australia’s population. Immigrants’ religious adherences may affect their labour market outcomes and integration into the host society more broadly by influencing their accumulation of human capital, work and family-related attitudes and values, social networks, and experiences of discrimination. Such effects of religion may differ between immigrants from different countries of origin. This paper examines the effects of religion and birthplace on unemployment, labour force participation and occupational status using 2016 Australian Census data, paying particular attention to the largest Asian immigrant groups. The results show that religion has stronger effects on labour force participation for females than for males. Christians tend to have higher employment and occupational status than Muslims and Buddhists. The results show the variations in labour force participation and occupational status between people with different religions are generally wider within immigrant groups than among the Australia-born, and the pattern of variation differs between Asian country of birth groups. The study demonstrates the importance of religion to the delineation of the heterogenous paths of economic integration of immigrant populations.

来自不同来源国的移民有助于增加澳大利亚人口的宗教多样性。移民的宗教信仰可能会通过影响他们的人力资本积累、与工作和家庭相关的态度和价值观、社会网络和歧视经历来更广泛地影响他们的劳动力市场结果和融入东道国社会。来自不同原籍国的移民对宗教的这种影响可能有所不同。本文使用 2016 年澳大利亚人口普查数据研究宗教和出生地对失业、劳动力参与和职业状况的影响，特别关注最大的亚洲移民群体。结果表明，宗教对女性劳动力参与的影响要大于男性。基督徒往往比穆斯林和佛教徒拥有更高的就业和职业地位。结果表明，不同宗教信仰的人在劳动力参与和职业地位方面的差异在移民群体中通常比在澳大利亚出生的群体更大，并且亚洲出生群体之间的差异模式也有所不同。该研究证明了宗教对于描绘移民人口经济一体化的异质路径的重要性。亚洲出生群体之间的变异模式不同。该研究证明了宗教对于描绘移民人口经济一体化的异质路径的重要性。亚洲出生群体之间的变异模式不同。该研究证明了宗教对于描绘移民人口经济一体化的异质路径的重要性。