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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - 2021

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … at least for Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general … patterns of overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be …

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Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States

Choi, Kate - 2011

status exchange hypothesis for Australia and the United States, two Anglophone nations with long immigration traditions whose …

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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes : Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates

Mavromaras, Kostas G. - 2010

The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...

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Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities Through Vocational Education

Mavromaras, Kostas G. - 2011

panel econometric estimation with longitudinal data from Australia to show that vocational education has a considerable and …

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Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational …

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Are Young People's Educational Outcomes Linked to Their Sense of Control?

Baron, Juan D. - 2011

This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the...

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Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youths' Successful Transition to Adult Roles

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

We analyze the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions into adult roles. We find that mothersﾒ reports of financial stresses and borrowing constraints are associated with earlier transitions to inactivity and public assistance,...

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Portfolio Allocation in the Face of a Means-Tested Public Pension

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

Is there evidence that households adjust their asset portfolios just prior to retirement in response to a means-tested public pension? We address this question by estimating a system of asset equations constrained to add up to net worth. We find little evidence that in 2006 healthy households or...

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Neighborhood Diversity and the Appreciation of Native- and Immigrant-Owned Homes

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

This paper examines the effect of neighborhood diversity on the nativity gap in home-value appreciation in Australia …

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Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

This paper examines whether men's and women's noncognitive skills influence their occupational attainment and, if so, whether this contributes to the disparity in their relative wages. We find that noncognitive skills have a substantial effect on the probability of employment in many, though not...

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