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Was There a Skills Shortage in Australia?

Junankar, P. N. Raja - 2009

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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You CanﾒT Be Happier than Your Wife : Happiness Gaps and Divorce

Guven, Cahit - 2009

This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...

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Social Capital and Immigrants' Labour Market Performance

Piracha, Matloob - 2013

levels using the Households Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) longitudinal survey data. We find a positive …

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The Effect of Shocks to Labour Market Flows on Unemployment and Participation Rates

Dixon, Robert J. - 2014

This paper presents an analysis of labour market dynamics, in particular of flows in the labour market and how they interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market performance. Our analysis has two special features. First,...

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Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes

Newhouse, David Locke - 2014

This paper utilizes a cross-country panel of 83 developing countries to examine how changes in cohort size are correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of development. In low-income countries, young adults that are born...

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What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2014

samples for two different countries – Australia (the HILDA Survey) and the UK (the UK Household Longitudinal Study) – are used …

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Reflections on the US College Loans System : Lessons from Australia and England

Barr, Nicholas A. - 2018

income-contingent loan (ICL) systems operating in England and Australia, in which monthly repayments are related to the …

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A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Market Performance of University‐Educated Immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States : Does Policy Matter?

Clarke, Andrew James - 2018

We examine data from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. to inform the potential for immigrant screening policies to …

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Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways

Mavromaras, Kostas G. - 2009

This paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals. The paper begins by asking whether there is extensive overskilling in the labour market, and whether overskilling differs by education pathway. The...

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Immigration, Human Capital Formation and Endogenous Economic Growth

Ehrlich, Isaac - 2016

Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill composition of migrants in major destination countries, including the US, has been rising over the last four decades. Moreover, the population share of skilled migrants has been...

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