Migrants and employment - Challenging the success story

Ho, C; Alcorso, C

Migrants and employment - Challenging the success story

Ho, C

Alcorso, C

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Sociology, 2004, 40 (3), pp. 237 - 259
Issue Date:: 2004-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ho, C https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7299-4778	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Alcorso, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sociology, 2004, 40 (3), pp. 237 - 259	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0004-8690	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5509
dc.description.abstract	The Australian government claims that its emphasis on skills in the migration program has paid off, with recent migrants achieving superior labour market outcomes to previous cohorts, and contributing more to the 'productive diversity' of the Australian workforce. Such sentiments are supported by most contemporary scholars of migration. Their conclusions stem from the adoption of a human capital approach where migrants' labour market outcomes are seen to directly reflect their individual skills and other attributes, as opposed to social and institutional practices such as discrimination or exclusion. In this article we subject the prevailing 'success story' about skilled migration to scrutiny, and point to alternative ways of interpreting the empirical evidence (namely, longitudinal survey data) as well as alternative ways of explaining the incorporation of migrants in the Australian workforce. © 2004 The Australian Sociological Association.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sociology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1440783304045721	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sociology	en_US
dc.title	Migrants and employment - Challenging the success story	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	40	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	Istanbul, Turkey
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	40	en_US

Abstract:

The Australian government claims that its emphasis on skills in the migration program has paid off, with recent migrants achieving superior labour market outcomes to previous cohorts, and contributing more to the 'productive diversity' of the Australian workforce. Such sentiments are supported by most contemporary scholars of migration. Their conclusions stem from the adoption of a human capital approach where migrants' labour market outcomes are seen to directly reflect their individual skills and other attributes, as opposed to social and institutional practices such as discrimination or exclusion. In this article we subject the prevailing 'success story' about skilled migration to scrutiny, and point to alternative ways of interpreting the empirical evidence (namely, longitudinal survey data) as well as alternative ways of explaining the incorporation of migrants in the Australian workforce. © 2004 The Australian Sociological Association.

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