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Immigrant Earnings: a Longitudinal Analysis

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: This paper uses the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to analyze the determinants of the level and growth in earnings of adult male immigrants in their first 3.5 years in Australia.The theoretical framework is based on the immigrant adjustment model, which incorporates both the transferability of immigrant skills and selectively in migration.The cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses generate similar findings.The level and relative growth of earnings are higher for immigrants with higher levels of skill and who are economic/skills tested migrants, as distinct from family based and refugee migrants.The analysis indicates that immigrant economic assimilation does occur and that in these data the cross-section provides a good estimate of the longitudinal progress of immigrants.The findings are robust across statistical techniques.

Source: Review of Income and Wealth

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2005.00165.x

Authors: Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee, Paul W. Miller

Institutions: IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, University of Illinois Chicago, The University of Western Australia, Curtin University

Language: English

Topic: Migration and Labor Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign