Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement

Edited by Deborah Cobb-Clark and Siew-Ean Khoo

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Abstract: This book examines the role of immigration policy, and of economic and social policies involved in promoting the settlement of immigrants to Australia. It is based on research of two groups of recent immigrants who arrived six years apart during the 1990s holding a range of family reunion, skill and humanitarian visas.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
ISBN: 9781845422455
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Immigration to Australia During the 1990s: Institutional and Labour Market Influences

Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller

Ch 2 Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants

Deborah Cobb-Clark

Ch 3 Finding Employment After Migration: How Long Does It Take?

Prem Jung Thapa and Tue Gørgens

Ch 4 Female Migrants’ Participation in the Australian Labour Market

Ahn Tram Le

Ch 5 Language Skills and Immigrant Adjustment: The Role of Immigration Policy

Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller

Ch 6 Immigrant Health in the Period After Arrival in Australia

Steven Kennedy and James McDonald

Ch 7 Immigrants’ Housing Outcomes in the Early Years of Settlement

Siew-Ean Khoo

Ch 8 Public Policy and Immigration Settlement: How Much Does Immigrant Selection Matter?

Deborah Cobb-Clark and Siew-Ean Khoo

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