We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of … result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since 1997, we study whether this increases the probability that new migrants … view. However, accounting for their higher employability, new migrants seem to fare better up to a year and half after …

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 …

income, with greater weight given to rank by males, migrants, and individuals from wealthy families. Rank … income distribution. In terms of reference groups, we find migrants who reside abroad for longer periods of time, and with …

Australia, is used to test the model. This survey had three waves, at about 6 months, 18 months and 3? years after immigration …

for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of …

concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively … related to age at migration, duration of residence in Australia and the proportion of the birthplace group that is fluent in … the country of origin and the place of residence in Australia. …

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. …

for Australia. We find that immigrants, particularly immigrant women, are more likely to be retired than are native …

This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants … some existing evidence, time spent in Australia positively affects the probability to become self-employed. We discuss the …