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Patterns of Immigrant Occupational Attainment in a Longitudinal Survey

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: This paper uses data from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia to examine the empirical relevance of a model of immigrant occupational mobility. Consistent with the model, there is a U‐shaped pattern of occupational change from the pre‐immigration occupation through to the occupation held after three‐and‐a‐half years in Australia. The U is shallower for immigrants from countries similar to Australia than it is for immigrants from countries that differ more in language, occupational requirements, and labour market structure. The U‐shaped pattern is deeper for immigrants who are refugees than for family migrants and is the least deep for economic migrants.

Source: International Migration

DOI: 10.1111/1468-2435.00252

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

Institutions: University of Illinois Chicago, The University of Western Australia

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

OpenAlex ID: W2135777016

FWCI: 5.168

Cites: 15

Cited by: 97

Related to: 10