Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Occupational Differentiation of Migrant Groups in Australia

✍ Scribed by Forrest, James ;Johnston, Ron

• Book ID: 101289536
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1077-3495
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1220(199907/08)5:4<277::aid-ijpg153>3.0.co;2-r

✦ Synopsis

There is a substantial debate in the literature regarding the occupational differentiation of migrant groups within their host country's labour market. Are migrants simply disadvantaged because of their educational quali®cations, skills, linguistic abilities, and so on, or are they also discriminated against? This paper explores that question using recently obtained data for the 52 largest migrant groups in Australia. It ®nds clear evidence of disadvantage related to educational quali®cations and, particularly, facility with the English language ± although these operate differentially for males and females ± plus differences that re¯ect the particular programmes under which recent migrants have entered the country.