This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment …, the pattern of negative assimilation is observed. -- immigrants ; assimilation ; earnings ; hours worked ; employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation …

use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia's immigrants come from, this evidence … computer is shown to be a way the foreign born can increase the international transferability of their pre-immigration skills …, a finding that has implications for immigrant settlement policies. -- computers ; internet ; immigrants ; language …

use in Australia is much higher than in most of the countries that Australia's immigrants come from, this evidence … computer is shown to be a way the foreign born can increase the international transferability of their pre-immigration skills …

negative association between occupational status and pre-immigration labour market experience. -- Immigrants ; occupation …Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper … international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when …

role to play in matching immigrants to jobs that use their language skills most effectively …

We analyze and assess new evidence on employment dynamics from a new data source the National Establishment Time Series … (NETS). The NETS offers advantages over existing data sources for studying employment dynamics, including tracking business … full decomposition of employment change into its six constituent processes, including job creation and destruction stemming …

We argue in this paper that the focus on employment effects in recent studies of minimum wages ignores an important … interaction between schooling, employment, and the minimum wage. To study these linkages, we estimate a conditional logit model of … employment and enrollment outcomes for teenagers using state-year observations for the period 1977 to 1989. The results show a …

We argue in this paper that the focus on employment effects in recent studies of minimum wages ignores an important … interaction between schooling, employment, and the minimum wage. To study these linkages, we estimate a conditional logit model of … employment and enrollment outcomes for teenagers using state-year observations for the period 1977 to 1989. The results show a …

Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper … international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when … immigrant selection regimes (primarily family reunion in the US, skill-based immigration in Australia) do not impact on the …