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Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants

In: Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement

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  • Deborah A. Cobb-Clark

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This book examines the role of immigration policy, and of economic and social policies involved in promoting the settlement of immigrants to Australia. It is based on research of two groups of recent immigrants who arrived six years apart during the 1990s holding a range of family reunion, skill and humanitarian visas.

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  • Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, 2006. "Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants," Chapters, in: Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Siew-Ean Khoo (ed.), Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement, chapter 2, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Altorjai, Szilvia, 2013. "Over-qualification of immigrants in the UK," ISER Working Paper Series 2013-11, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    2. Stuart Campbell, 2019. "National identity among economic and non-economic immigrants," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 411-438, June.
    3. Matloob Piracha & Stephane Mahuteau & Massimiliano Tani, 2010. "Selection Policy and Immigrants’ Remittance Behaviour," Studies in Economics 1003, School of Economics, University of Kent.
    4. Martinson, Melissa L. & Tienda, Marta & Teitler, Julien O., 2017. "Low birthweight among immigrants in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 168-176.
    5. Abdurrahman Aydemir, 2013. "Skill-based immigrant selection and labor market outcomes by visa category," Chapters, in: Amelie F. Constant & Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, chapter 23, pages 432-452, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    6. Laliberté, Jean-William, 2019. "Language skill acquisition in immigrant social networks: Evidence from Australia," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 35-45.
    7. Richard G. Harris & Peter E. Robertson, 2007. "The Dynamic Effects of Skilled Labour Targeting in Immigration Programs," Discussion Papers 2007-21, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales.
    8. Nidhi Wali & Andre M N Renzaho, 2018. "“Our riches are our family”, the changing family dynamics & social capital for new migrant families in Australia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(12), pages 1-14, December.
    9. Ferrie, Joseph & Hatton, Timothy J., 2013. "Two Centuries of International Migration," IZA Discussion Papers 7866, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General

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