This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on … type of visa used to gain admission. The concept of health capitalʺ and an immigrant selection and adjustment model are … employed. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I …

Immigrants to Australia (panel I). Immigrant health is greater for immigrants who are younger, more educated, male, more …This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on … proficient in English, and living outside an immigrant ethnic enclave. Immigrant health is poorest for refugees and best for …

This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on … type of visa used to gain admission. The concept of "health capital" and an immigrant selection and adjustment model are … employed. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I …

This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on … type of visa used to gain admission. The concept of health capital" and an immigrant selection and adjustment model are … employed. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I …

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. …