Australian immigration: the triumph of economics over prejudice?

Teicher, Julian; Shah, Chandravadan; Griffin, Gerard

doi:10.1108/01437720210432202

Cited by 43 publications

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“…The data in this study indicate the complex nature of interrelated multilevel challenges in the labour market, the need for a much deeper understanding of migrant women's ethnic and religious bargains, and the need to go beyond a simplified official "success story" narrative of skilled migration in Australia (see Ho & Alcorso, 2004;Teicher, Shah, & Griffin, 2002). There is evidence of triple/ multiple jeopardy faced by this cohort because of the interweave of gender, ethnicity, religion and country of origin.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Veiled diversity? Workplace experiences of Muslim women in Australia

2009

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confidence: 96%

Veiled diversity? Workplace experiences of Muslim women in Australia

2009

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“…The LSIA looks and decreased further to 28 per cent for the 1990 to 1995 period. (Teicher et al 2002). The rise in the proportion of NESB immigrants into Australia has been the subject of earlier research.…”

Section: Background and Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At this time the 3 For more details see Miller (1999) and Teicher, Shah and Gri¢ n (2002). 4 This classi…cation closely follows the English language pro…ciency criteria grouping used by Australian Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous A¤airs (DIMIA 1996).…”

Section: Background and Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant overeducation: Evidence from recent arrivals to Australia

Green¹,

Kler²,

Leeves³

2007

Economics of Education Review

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Australian immigration policy, in common with the US and Canada, has increased the emphasis on skill based selection criteria. A key premise of this policy is that skilled immigrants are more employable and can add to the productive capacity of the economy. However, this e¤ect will be diminished if immigrants are working in occupations that fail to utilise their skills. We examine the extent of overeducation for recently arrived immigrants to Australia. We …nd that they are more likely to be overeducated than the native population, even if they enter on skill based visas.Overeducation is greatest for immigrants from Non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) and appears to generate lower returns to education. The incidence of overeducation is signi…cantly reduced for all immigrants if they enter with visas that are a result of a job o¤er from an employer in the recipient country.

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“…The cost of the sea travel to Australia was waived if the worker agreed to a 2-year unskilled employment contract, and recruits were assigned to commonwealth-approved jobs throughout the continent for their 2 years 4. Newly arrived migrants were often placed in jobs in manufacturing, building and construction, shipping, airlines, automotive components, and iron and steel industries, and in reconstruction and development projects 5. The assisted scheme could be circumvented if a relative, already in Australia, provided employment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%