for immigrants with higher levels of skill and who are economic/skills tested migrants, as distinct from family based and …This paper uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to analyze the determinants of the level and growth … in earnings of adult male immigrants in their first 3.5 years in Australia. The theoretical framework is based on the …

This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation … for other origins. Among women, the pattern of assimilation in earnings and employment is more positive than among their …

living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce … employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar …

laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …

proficiency among immigrants. A model of immigrant language proficiency is augmented to include dynamics among family members. It … is tested using data on a sample of recent immigrants. Children are shown to have a negative effect on their mother …

characteristics of immigrants and features of their countries of origin. The empirical analysis is based on the 2000 US Census. Both … the characteristics of immigrants and the origin-country variables are shown to be important determinants of citizenship …

This paper examines the incidence of the mismatch of the educational attainment and the occupation of employment, and … the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for …-education is widespread in the high-skilled US labor market, both for immigrants and the native born. The extent of over …

This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where … they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly …). The shift away from the east coast metropolitan areas to California reflects the change in the origins of immigrants from …

, speaks Spanish at home. And whereas around 80 percent of adult immigrants in the US from non-English speaking countries other … than Mexico are proficient in English, only about 50 percent of adult immigrants from Mexico are proficient. The use of a … from the 2000 US Census. The results demonstrate the importance of immigrants’ educational attainment, their age at …