Publications, Invited Talks and Conference Papers
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Solati, Fariba. Women, Work and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Pivot), 2017.
Book Chapter
Solati, Fariba “A Postcolonial Feminist Critique of Development Studies,” in Gul Caliskan (Ed.) Gendering Globalization, Globalizing Gender: Post-Colonial Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 2020.
Journal Articles
Solati, Fariba, Murshed Chowdhury, and Fabiana Rosado. Labour Force Participation of Immigrant Women in Canada: With a Special Focus on Female Immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa. Journal of International Development, April 2023.
Solati, Fariba, Murshed Chowdhury, and Nicholas Jackson. English and French Language Ability and Employability of Immigrants in Canada. International Journal of Social Economics, September 2021.
Working Papers
Solati, Fariba, Fabiana Rosado, and Murshed Chowdhury. Brain Waste: National and Regional Analysis of Job-Education Mismatch Among Skilled Immigrants in Canada. Canadian Economics Association, Winnipeg, June 2023.
Solati, Fariba, Maria Amalia Cordova, and Murshed Chowdhury. International Students in Canada: Who Stays and Who Leaves?
Manuscripts Under Journal Review
Solati, Fariba, Giao Dang, and Murshed Chowdhury. Are We Still Losing Graduates to the US and Other Countries? Brain Drain and Brain Gain in Canada. Canadian Public Policy.
Solati, Fariba. Masculinity and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa. Men and Masculinity.
INVITED TALKS
The Gig Economy and Platform Workers in the Middle East. Department of Politics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. [Discussant] June 1, 2023
Labour Force Participation Rates Before and After Migration: The Case of Middle Eastern and North African Women in Canada. Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary. December 12, 2022
Where Do the Brains Go: Gain, Drain or Waste of Skilled Immigrant Labour in Canada. Warsaw Economic Seminars, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw and Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland. December 8, 2022
Persistence of Patriarchal Gender Roles: The Low Rates of Female Labour Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in Canada. Economic Lunchtime Seminars Series, Socio-Economic Faculty of UKSW, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland. December 6, 2022
Where Do the Brains Go: Gain, Drain or Waste of Skilled Immigrant Labour in Canada. Institute of Sociology and the Doctoral School of Sociology and Demography, Pécs University, Pécs, Hungary. November 25, 2022
Labour Force Participation of Skilled Immigrants in Canada [Research Seminar]. Economics Department, Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. October 26, 2022
Selected Topics on the Status of Skilled Immigrant Workers in Canada: Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management and Ethics. Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. October 6, 2022
Where Do the Brains Go: Gain, Drain or Waste of Skilled Immigrant Labour in Canada – Lessons for the UK. Leeds Business School Guest Lecture Series, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. September 28, 2022
Brain Drain and Brain Gain in Canada, Canadian Research Data Center Network Conference. October 20, 2021
Female Labour Force Participation, Canadian Economics Association. [Invited by Progressive Economics Forum to speak in honour of John Loxley] June 2021
A Postcolonial Feminist Critique of Development Studies. Globalization and Gender, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. October 8, 2020
Female Labor Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in Canada. Employment and Social Development Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. June 26, 2019
Canadian Immigrants and the Question of Language Proficiency in French versus English. Employment and Social Development Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON. June 26, 2019
Thinking Outside the Box: Rumi’s Take on Social Justice. Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. March 20, 2019
To Work or Not to Work? The Case of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Global Studies Seminar, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. March 25, 2019
A Political Economy Perspective of Wage Differentials: Labour Market Discrimination. Atlantic Human Rights Center, Human Rights Speaker Series, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. February 27, 2018
Women, Work and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa. Economic Seminar Series, Department of Economics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB. April 21, 2017
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS
Blended Teaching: Applying Theory to Practice in Economics Classes. Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning. May 2022
Female Labor Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. International Association for Feminist Economics. June 2021
A Study of the Labor Force Participation of Immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean in Canadian Labor Market. International Association for Feminist Economics. June 2021
Female Labor Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Canadian Economics Association Conference. June 2021
Brain Drain and Brain Gain in Canada Revisited. Canadian Economics Association Conference. June 2021
Female Labor Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Atlantic Canada Economics Association. Virtual seminar series. October 2020
Female Labor Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Gender Summit: Quality Research and Innovation Through Equality, Seoul, South Korea. Virtual poster presentation. August 2020
Female Labor Force Participation of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Metropolis Canada Conference, Winnipeg, MB. Cancelled due to COVID-19. March 2020
How Does Language Proficiency in French Versus English Affect the Employability of Immigrants in Canada? Atlantic Canada Economics Association, Moncton, NB. October 2019
To Work or Not to Work: The Case of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Canadian Research Data Centre Network, Halifax, NS. October 2019
To Work or Not to Work: The Case of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. International Metropolises Conference, Ottawa, ON. June 2019
How Does Language Proficiency in French Versus English Affect the Employability of Immigrants in Canada? International Metropolises Conference, Ottawa, ON. June 2019
To Work or Not to Work: The Case of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Canadian Economist Association, Banff, AB. May 2019
How Does Language Proficiency in French Versus English Affect the Employability of Immigrants in Canada? Canadian Economist Association, Banff, AB. May 2019
To Work or Not to Work: The Case of Middle Eastern and North African Immigrant Women in Canada. Atlantic Canada Economics Association, Fredericton, NB. October 2018
Women, Work and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa. International Conference on Advances in Women’s Studies, Toronto, ON. June 2017
Invisible Work of the Invisible Half. International Conference on Women’s Studies, Vienna, Austria. May 2014
Quantifying Patriarchy: Measuring the Effects of Patriarchy on the Rate of Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa. EGSA Annual Conference, Falcon Lake, Manitoba. May 2014
Measuring Patriarchy. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. June 2013
Quantifying Patriarchy: Measuring the Effects of Patriarchy on the Rate of Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa, Conference on MENA Economies, Istanbul, Turkey. June 2013
Women’s Empowerment and Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa. International Association for Feminist Economics, Barcelona, Spain. June 2012
Gender Equality and Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa. Southwestern Social Science Association, San Diego, California. May 2012
Women and Work. Canadian Economist Association, Ottawa, ON. June 2011
Women and Labor Force Participation. Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Fredericton, NB. May 2011