The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Australia [E-Book] / Thomas Liebig
The labour market integration of immigrants in Australia is shaped by the country’s long tradition as an immigration country and its selection policy. Over the post-war period, the main origin countries of immigration to Australia have shifted from English-speaking countries to other OECD countries,...
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Personal Name(s): | Liebig, Thomas. |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2007
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Physical Description: |
63 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/235260166224 |
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers ;
49 |
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Social Issues/Migration/Health Australia |
The labour market integration of immigrants in Australia is shaped by the country’s long tradition as an immigration country and its selection policy. Over the post-war period, the main origin countries of immigration to Australia have shifted from English-speaking countries to other OECD countries, and, since the mid-1970s, to non-OECD countries. Parallel to this shift, immigration policy to Australia became increasingly skills focused, which has partly countered the less favourable employment outcomes of migrants from these countries. This increasing selection has resulted in a situation in which the skills structure of the immigrant population, particularly of those from non-OECD countries, is well above that of the native-born... |