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The "negative" assimilation of immigrants : a special case
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2008
countries (i.e., the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia/New Zealand) to the United States. Comparisons with the native born are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726800
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ORU analyses of immigrant earnings in Australia, with international comparisons
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898600
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Immigrant selection systems and immigrant health
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); Lee, Yew Liang (contributor) - 2006
employed. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474146
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Are attitudes towards economic risk heritable? : analyses using the Australian twin study of gambling
Le, Anh Tram; Miller, Paul W.; Slutske, Wendy S.; … - 2010
This study employs multiple regression models based on DeFries and Fulker (1985), and a large sample of twins, to assess heritability in attitudes towards economic risk, and the extent to which this heritability differs between males and females. Consistent with Cesarini, Dawes, Johannesson,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003949483
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Gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market
Li, Ian W.; Miller, Paul W. - 2012
This paper examines gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market, using data from the Graduate Destination Surveys 1999-2009. A framework of analysis provided by the overeducation/required education/undereducation literature is applied. A smaller gender wage gap is found for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548195
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International migration and the economics of language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Israel and Spain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230532
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Occupational attainment and immigrant economic progress in Australia
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2008
immigrant selection regimes (primarily family reunion in the US, skill-based immigration in Australia) do not impact on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656907
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Schooling, literacy, numeracy and labor market success
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406733
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Longitudinal analysis of immigrant occupational mobility : a test of the immigrant assimilation hypothesis
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical … includes data on pre-immigration occupation, the "first" occupation in Australia (at 6 months) and the occupation after about 3 ….5 years in Australia. The hypotheses are supported by the empirical analysis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406873
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Family matters : the role of the family in immigrants' destination language acquisition
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper is concerned with the relationship among family members in the determinants of destination language 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406913