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Using data from the 2001 Australian Census of Population and Housing, on adult men in full-time employment, this paper augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings...
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This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …
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This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …
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This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for both the native born and foreign born are presented, and these provide insights as to the earnings penalties associated with the less-than-perfect international transferability...
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criteria can ration visas on one or more characteristics that enhance labor market earnings (e.g., education), or on …
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are considered include age, education, gender, family structure, costs of migration, linguistic distance, duration in the …
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This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with proficiency in the official languages (English and...
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, Efficiency in acquiring destination language proficiency, including education, age at migration and linguistic distance, among …
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This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
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This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922125