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English skills and early labour market integration: Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia
- Source :
- International Migration.
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- We use the panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationships between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. Having better general or speaking skills in English is certainly associated with a higher propensity for participation in the labour force and getting a job. However, we also find that, compared to other domains of English proficiency, such as listening, reading and writing, proficiency in English speaking skills has been the least improved domain for humanitarian migrants’ who have participated in an English training program. Our paper explores the channels leading to these outcomes, finding that self-esteem, self-efficacy and general health partially mediate the relationship between English proficiency and labour force participation. We also find that self-efficacy, general health and indicative serious mental illness partially mediate the relationship between better English proficiency and the chance of getting a job.
- Subjects :
- Market integration
Medical education
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05 social sciences
0507 social and economic geography
English proficiency
Mental illness
medicine.disease
0506 political science
Domain (software engineering)
Reading (process)
050602 political science & public administration
medicine
Active listening
Training program
Psychology
050703 geography
Demography
Panel data
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14682435 and 00207985
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Migration
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3a3b494f0f5e438c1e452fc1f12789d7