ARE ASIAN MIGRANTS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE LABOR MARKET? A CASE STUDY OF AUSTRALIA
| Autor: | Satya Paul, Pramod N. Junankar, Wahida Yasmeen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Market participation biology Labor migration media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Miller biology.organism_classification Probit model Unemployment rate Nomination Demographic economics Sociology Asian migrants discrimination unemployment probability labor market J7 J61 J64 J31 media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Singapore Economic Review. 55:619-646 |
| ISSN: | 1793-6837 0217-5908 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s021759081000395x |
| Popis: | Most of the previous labor migration studies in Australia have focussed on the labor market performance of overseas born relative to Australian born individuals (See, for example, Miller, 1982; Inglis and Stromback, 1984; Wooden et al, 1984; Chapman and Miller, 1985; Wooden and Robertson, 1989; Foster et al, 1991; Beggs and Chapman, 1990; Chapman and Salvage, 1994; Cobb-Clark and Chapman, 1999; Le and Miller, 2000). All invariably show that employment rates among immigrants are higher than among Australian born individuals, and are highest among migrants from a non-English speaking background (NESB). In an important paper exploring the success of migrants who have entered under different visa categories, Cobb-Clark (2000) estimates the probability of participating in the labor market and the probability of employment (conditional on participation). She uses data from Wave 1 (six months after arrival in September 1993) and Wave 2 (eighteen months after arrival) of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA) for her study. Her analysis shows that the selection criteria embodied in different visa categories plays only a limited role in influencing labor market participation. However, employment is more closely related to visa categories. After six months of arrival, migrants in visa categories such as Preferential Family, Concessional Family, Independent and Humanitarian are significantly less likely to be employed than migrants in the Business Skill/ Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS). |
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