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NILS Working paper no 178. Labour market outcomes and skill acquisition in the host country: North African migrants returning home from the European Union

Mahuteau, Stephane; Tani, Massimiliano - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

This paper studies the educational investment decisions of returning migrants while abroad in the context of their decisions about the choice of activity upon returning and the duration of migration. The theoretical model builds on Dustmann (1999), Dustmann and Kirchkamp (1992) and Mesnard...

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NILS Working paper no 180. Job anxiety, work-related psychological illness and workplace performance

Jones, Melanie K; Latreille, Paul L; Sloane, Peter J - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

This paper uses matched employee-employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 to …

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NILS Working paper no 176. Disability and job mismatches in the Australian labour market

Jones, Melanie K; Mavromaras, Kostas; Sloane, Peter J; … - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

We examine the relationship between disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction, using panel estimation on data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we do not find any relationship between work-limiting disability and...

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NILS Working paper no 165. Improving the employment rates of people with disabilities through vocational education

Mavromaras, Kostas; Polidano, Cain - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

During the 2001-2008 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western … considerable and long-lasting positive effect on the employment participation and productivity of people with disabilities. …

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NILS Working paper no 179. Immigration policy and entrepreneurship

Mahuteau, Stephane; Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; … - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australias immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy change consists of stricter entry requirements and restrictions to welfare entitlements. The results indicate that those who...

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NILS Working paper no 167. Assisting people marginal to the labour market to gain and maintain employment: a spotlight on South Australia

Moskos, Megan - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

South Australia that aimed to understand more fully the reasons why, in the economic boom period, aspirations for employment … currently not participating or underparticipating in paid employment. The article concludes by discussing the implications of … these findings for the development of strategies to help such groups to gain employment and remain in employment. …

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NILS Working paper no 170. The impact of major--job mismatch on college graduates' early career earnings

Zhu, Rong - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

In this paper, I assess the impact of the mismatch between college major and job on college graduates' early career earnings using a sample from China. I find that on average a major--job mismatched college graduate suffers from a small income loss. I argue that Chinese universities' emphasis on...

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NILS Working paper no 171. Adjusting to skill shortages: complexity and consequences

Healy, Joshua Gregory; Mavromaras, Kostas; Sloane, Peter J - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countries including the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about their prevalence, causes and consequences. This paper attempts to improve our understanding about these issues by using...

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NILS Working paper no 177. An examination of the effect of wealth and earned income on the decision to retire in the UK

Mavromaras, Kostas; Zhu, Rong - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of financial wealth and earned income on the retirement decision using data from the English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing. The estimation results from a random effect dynamic probit model show that housing wealth has virtually no impact on the decision to...

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NILS Working Paper no 173. How does occupational sex segregation shape low skilled men's employment opportunities? Evidence from the ABS census

Moskos, Megan - National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders … - 2011

segregation – a concept traditionally used to explain female employment outcomes – has shaped low skilled men’s employment … opportunities in Australia. The empirical evidence shows that employment for workers with limited levels of educational attainment … has expanded most rapidly in occupations that are female-dominated. Men are not increasing their share of employment in …

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