from non-English speaking backgrounds. All immigrants experience wage assimilation as time spent in Australia increases. … policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country … labour markets. Immigrants to Australia are selected on observable characteristics. They may also differ from natives on …

levels, single immigrants have a wealth advantage of almost $185,000 relative to single native-born individuals. Although the …

aggregate unemployment. In this paper we explore a related but more specific issue: the consequences of immigration on the …

policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country …

There is a large econometric literature that examines the economic assimilation of immigrants in the United States and … elsewhere. On the whole immigrants are seen as atomistic individuals assimilating in a largely anonymous labour market, a view … that runs counter to the spirit of the equally large literature on ethnic groups. Here we argue that immigrants assimilate …

status of immigrants entering Australia under different immigration programs. In particular, do immigrants selected on the …? Information fron the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA) are used address these questions. …