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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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Immigrant earnings : a longitudinal analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); Lee, Yew Liang (contributor) - 2005
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 …. -- immigrants ; wages ; longitudinal survey ; inertia model ; Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115137