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panel data set, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA). This paper estimates models of the probability of …
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Labour economists have been increasingly interested in the impact of technological change upon employment and unemployment. However, the predominant focus of empirical studies has been on employment and unemployment stocks, whereas technological change is more likely to affect the flows of...
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This paper investigates the ease with which recent immigrants to Australia from different countries and with different … obtains on arrival in Australia. We provide alternative definitions of what is a good job in terms of objective and subjective … criteria. The paper uses two sets of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia data: the first cohort that arrived in …
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We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements. As a result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since...
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Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data. Human capital variables are found to exhibit strong …
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from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to estimate a random effects probit model to …
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The paper analyses the problem of a skills shortage in Australia. It begins with an analysis of the operation of a … skills shortage, why it persists, and then looks at evidence from Australia, in particular, the resource rich states of … Queensland and Western Australia over the past decade. It discusses possible employer responses to a skills shortage. Finally, it …
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