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Public Policy and the Labor Market Adjustment of New Immigrants to Australia
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Two separate cohorts of immigrants to Australia are compared in order to assess the potential role of immigrant selection criteria, labor market conditions, and income-support policy in facilitating the labor market adjustment of new arrivals. Although these two cohorts entered Australia only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703322
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Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Nguyen, Trong-Ha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in … and is somewhat greater for NESB families. Finally, the greater importance that NESB mothers attribute to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530648
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Are Young People's Educational Outcomes Linked to their Sense of Control?
Barón, Juan D.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568282