; occupations ; earnings ; rates of return ; selectivity ; skill transferability ; ORU analysis …. The sensitivity of the results of the decomposition to several measurement issues is assessed. -- Immigrants ; schooling …This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation …

This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation … payoff to schooling developed by Chiswick and Miller (2008). This decomposition links overeducation to the less …-than-perfect international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of … acquiring destination language proficiency, with an emphasis on labor market outcomes, and in particular earnings. Factors that …

market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across … residence. This model is shown to be robust for the several immigrant receiving countries studied. Earnings among immigrants are …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of …

investigate the match between education and occupation and resulting earnings effects for immigrants from English Speaking, and …The recent literature on overeducation has provided divergent results on whether or not overeducation bears an earnings … penalty. In addition, few studies have considered overeducation among immigrants. This paper uses panel data analyses to …

countries decrease the number of immigrants but increase their average schooling. (2) More-distant countries send fewer but more …This paper uses survey data on employment immigrants in Australia and the United States to identify the main … determinants of the size and skill composition of employment immigrants to developed countries. Our approach emphasizes the key …

in earnings of adult male immigrants in their first 3.5 years in Australia. The theoretical framework is based on the …This paper uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to analyze the determinants of the level and growth … cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses generate similar findings. The level and relative growth of earnings are higher …

in earnings of adult male immigrants in their first 3.5 years in Australia. The theoretical framework is based on the …This paper uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to analyze the determinants of the level and growth … cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses generate similar findings. The level and relative growth of earnings are higher …

augments a conventional human capital earnings function with information on occupations. It also estimates models of … international transferability of human capital skills results in immigrants entering into relatively low status occupations when … occupational attainment. The results from both the earnings function and model of occupational attainment indicate that the limited …