Immigrant Qualifications: Recognition and Relative Wage Outcomes.

Chapman, Bruce J.; Iredale, Robyn R.

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ERIC Number: EJ471993

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Immigrant Qualifications: Recognition and Relative Wage Outcomes.

Chapman, Bruce J.; Iredale, Robyn R.

International Migration Review, v27 n2 p359-87 Sum 1993

Uses a dataset compiled by the Australian government to examine the qualifications of ostensibly skilled immigrants. Around 39% of immigrants have chosen to subject their qualifications to local assessment, and about 42% of these have been recognized as equivalent to Australian counterparts. Wage considerations are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Income, Job Skills, Salary Wage Differentials, Skilled Occupations, Skilled Workers, Wages

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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