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Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Investigation of Graduate Regional Mobility in the UK and its Impact Upon Early Career Earnings

Kidd, Michael P. - 2014

This paper uses HESA data from the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2003/04 to examine whether more mobile students in terms of choice of institution and location of employment earn more than those who are less mobile. The clear finding is that mobility is associated with...

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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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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries Over the Twentieth Century

Atkinson, Anthony B. - 2010

that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …

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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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Divorce Among European and Mexican Immigrants in the U.S

Houseworth, Christina - 2019

This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...

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Bargaining Over Labor : Do Patients Have Any Power?

Gans, Joshua S. - 2011

We provide a new method of identifying the level of relative bargaining power in bilateral negotiations using exogenous variation in the degree of conflict between parties. Using daily births data, we study negotiations over birth timing. In doing so, we exploit the fact that fewer children are...

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Disability and Job Mismatches in the Australian Labour Market

Jones, Melanie K. - 2011

data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we do not find any …

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Adjusting to Skill Shortages : Complexity and Consequences

Healy, Joshua - 2011

Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countries including the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about their prevalence, causes and consequences. This paper attempts to improve our understanding about these issues by using...

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ORU Analyses of Immigrant Earnings in Australia, with International Comparisons

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009

This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation …

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Modeling Immigrants' Language Skills

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2007

One in nine people between the ages of 18 and 64 in the US, and every second foreign-born person in this age bracket, speaks Spanish at home. And whereas around 80 percent of adult immigrants in the US from non-English speaking countries other than Mexico are proficient in English, only about 50...

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