for immigrants with higher levels of skill and who are economic/skills tested migrants, as distinct from family based and …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 …

This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation … for other origins. Among women, the pattern of assimilation in earnings and employment is more positive than among their …

living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce … employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar …

This article explores the effects of living wages on low-wage workers and low-income families. First, earlier analyses … confirms earlier findings that business-assistance living wage laws boost wages of the lowest wage workers at the cost of some … that the poverty reductions generated by living wages may stem from income gains for individuals with higher wages or …

laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …

proficiency among immigrants. A model of immigrant language proficiency is augmented to include dynamics among family members. It … is tested using data on a sample of recent immigrants. Children are shown to have a negative effect on their mother …

This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where … they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly …). The shift away from the east coast metropolitan areas to California reflects the change in the origins of immigrants from …

, 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 percent of adult immigrants from Mexico are proficient. The use of a … from the 2000 US Census. The results demonstrate the importance of immigrants’ educational attainment, their age at …

among the native born and immigrants in the United States and Australia. The analysis for immigrants is performed separately … decile, and in particular increases in the U.S. at higher deciles. Minimum wages in the U.S. appear to compress earnings at …