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    Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia

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    Authors
    Chiswick, B.
    Miller, Paul
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Chiswick, Barry R. and Miller, Paul W. 2008. Occupational Attainment and Immigrant Economic Progress in Australia. Economic Record. 84 (S1): pp. S45-S56.
    Source Title
    Economic Record
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1475-4932.2008.00482.x
    ISSN
    00130249
    School
    School of Economics and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29444
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    Abstract

    Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings function and model of occupational attainment indicate that the limited international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when they first enter the Australian labour market. Comparison with similar research for the USA suggests that the different immigrant selection regimes (primarily family reunion in the USA, skill-based immigration in Australia) do not impact on the negative association between current occupational status and pre-immigration labour market experience.

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