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Migrants' Unemployment: The Determinants of Employment Success

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  • Inglis, Paul A
  • Stromback, Thorsten

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This paper examines the influence of individual characteristics on the chance of being unemployed. Most of the attention is focused on the characteristics specific to migrants: birthplace, period of residence, and proficiency in the English language. The analysis is based on data from the 1981 Census. A migrant is less likely to be unemployed the longer he has be en in Australia. The likelihood of being unemployed falls most during the first two years after arrival for all birthplace groups. Most of the higher unemployment rate for migrants relative to Australian-born is due to the high chance of recently arrived migrants being unemployed. Copyright 1986 by The Economic Society of Australia.

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  • Inglis, Paul A & Stromback, Thorsten, 1986. "Migrants' Unemployment: The Determinants of Employment Success," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 62(178), pages 310-324, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:62:y:1986:i:178:p:310-24
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    1. Paul W. Miller & Leanne M. Neo, 2003. "Labour Market Flexibility and Immigrant Adjustment," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 79(246), pages 336-356, September.
    2. James Ted McDonald & Christopher Worswick, 1997. "Unemployment Incidence of Immigrant Men in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 23(4), pages 353-373, December.
    3. Prem J. Thapa, 2004. "On the risk of unemployment: a comparative assessment of the labour market success of migrants in Australia," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 7(2), pages 199-229, June.
    4. P.W. Miller & L. Neo, 1997. "Immigrant unemployment: The Australian experience," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 97-04, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    5. Hock-Eam Lim & Judith Rich & Mark N. Harris, 2008. "Employment Outcomes of Graduates: The Case of Universiti Utara, Malaysia ," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 22(3), pages 321-341, September.
    6. Le, Anh T & Miller, Paul W, 2000. "Australia's Unemployment Problem," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 76(232), pages 74-104, March.
    7. Paul W. Miller, 1997. "The Burden of Unemployment on Family Units: An Overview," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 30(1), pages 16-30, March.
    8. Tariq Hassan Haque & M Ohidul Haque, 2022. "The Unemployment Imbalance Between Non-English-Speaking Migrant Women and Australian Born Women," Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer;The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), vol. 20(2), pages 459-478, June.
    9. Vincent Law, 2011. "English Proficiency and Labour Supply of Immigrants in Australia," Crawford School Research Papers 1112, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    10. Deborah Cobb-Clark & Marie D. Connolly & Christopher Worswick, 2001. "The Job Search and Investments of Immigrant Families," CEPR Discussion Papers 432, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
    11. Miller, Paul & Mulvey, Charles & Martin, Nick, 2001. "Genetic and environmental contributions to educational attainment in Australia," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 211-224, June.
    12. Prem Jung Thapa & Tue Gørgens, 2006. "A Duration Analysis of the Time Taken to Find the First Job for Newly Arrived Migrants in Australia," CEPR Discussion Papers 527, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.

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