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    Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data

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    Authors
    Nguyen, Ha
    Duncan, Alan
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    Nguyen, H. and Duncan, A. 2017. Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data. Journal of International Economics. 105: pp. 174-186.
    Source Title
    Journal of International Economics
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.12.010
    Additional URLs
    https://bcec.edu.au/publications/exchange-rate-fluctuations-and-immigrants-labour-market-outcomes-2/
    ISSN
    0022-1996
    School
    Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10782
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In this paper, we exploit plausibly exogenous changes in exchange rates across home countries over time and panel data to identify the causal impact of exchange rate fluctuations on Australian immigrants’ labour market outcomes. We present new and robust evidence that, unlike immigrants in the US, those in Australia as a whole do not reduce their yearly labour market outcomes when the local currency appreciates. While female immigrants don’t adjust their labour activities, male immigrants reduce their weekly labour supply and hence earn less when the Australian dollar appreciates. This work also highlights the importance of controlling for individual heterogeneity as well as the gender when modelling the labour market behaviour of immigrants.

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