and native-born bilinguals. The empirical testing for the US, Canada, Australia, Israel and Bolivia is supportive of the …

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 …

Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits …