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Intermarriage and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants
This article investigates the assimilation role of intermarriage between immigrants and natives. Intermarried immigrants earn significantly higher incomes than endogamously married immigrants, even after we take account of human capital endowments and endogeneity of intermarriage. The premium does not appear to be a reward for unobservable individual characteristics. Natives who intermarry do not receive this premium, nor do immigrants who intermarry into another ethnic group. The premium is mainly attributable to a faster speed of assimilation rather than any difference in labor‐market quality between intermarried and nonintermarried immigrants at the point of arrival.
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Dark corners in a bright economy: The lack of jobs for unskilled men
This paper discusses the large reductions in full-time employment among unskilled Australian males that began in the 1970s and continued over the next three to four decades. Over this period, each recession led to large falls in the male full-time employment-population ratio, and during each economic recovery the employment ratio failed to move back to its previous levels. Unemployment fell during each output recovery, not in response to employment gains, but in response to large-scale withdrawals from the labour market into the welfare system. The loss of unskilled jobs for men has been associated with falling marriage rates and increasing use of the welfare system by single women. The paper concludes by briefly assessing some of the impacts of the new resource boom on these long-run labour market and welfare trends, and discusses the potential for different labour-market outcomes emerging across mineral and non-mineral Australian states.
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An undisciplined economist : Robert G. Evans on health economics, health care policy, and population health
\"For the past four decades Robert Evans has been Canada's foremost health policy analyst and commentator, in the process playing a leadership role in the development of both health economics and population health at home and internationally. In this book the editors have assembled sixteen of Evans' most important contributions, including several seminal works and two new, previously unpublished articles. The topics addressed range widely, from the peculiar structure of the health care 'industry' to the social determinants of the health of entire populations to the misleading role that economists have sometimes played in health policy debates. Few academics write with Evans' clarity, candour or wit, while unabashedly exposing health policy myths and the interests that lie behind them. Claims that public health insurance is unsustainable, that the health care costs of an aging population will bankrupt us, that user charges will make the health care system more efficient, or that health care is the most important determinant of a population's health, are refuted with piercing analysis and supporting data. For those familiar with Evans' work, this will be a prized collection. For those new to the fields of health economics, health policy, or population health, there could be no better or more lucid introduction. For everyone, this collection is important reading and a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Birthrights
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia's 'Great Leap Forward'?
The 25 years after World War II witnessed strong labour market institutions and beneficial labour market outcomes – high wage growth and integration of low‐skilled immigrants. Then came the macro shocks of the mid‐1970s. Labour market outcomes deteriorated as full‐time employment–population ratios fell, particularly among men; unemployment and welfare use increased; and real wages grew slowly. The golden age passed. In response, successive governments have increasingly begun to dismantle the institutional framework. We address this transition within a simple long‐run graphical framework to help us marshal facts and arguments and to discuss the likely impact of institutional reform.
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The Impact of Interrupted Education on Subsequent Educational Attainment: A Cost of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
The effects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution upon citizens' postrevolution educational attainment are explored; additional attention is dedicated to examining whether level of educational achievement prior to the revolution affected citizens' prospects for obtaining a postsecondary degree. Overviews of the Chinese Cultural Revolution & its sociodemographic consequences are presented. Data from the 1988 Urban Income Distribution Survey & the 1995 Shanghai Residents and Floating Population Survey is analyzed to determine the revolution's impact upon citizens' educational achievement. Several findings are shared: individuals enrolled in secondary education when the Cultural Revolution commenced experienced the greatest reductions in postsecondary degree attainment; educational interruption increased people's prospects of obtaining a semi-degree; missing years of secondary education had a stronger impact on people's failure to attain a postsecondary degree than experiencing delays in entering postsecondary institutions; & students whose parents had low educational achievement & occupational standing suffered the greatest negative effects from the interruption. 6 Tables, 3 Figures, 1 Appendix. J. W. Parker
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The Individual Economic Well-Being of Native American Men and Women during the 1980s: A Decade of Moving Backwards
The study examines whether the income opportunities of Native Americans over the 1980s improved in response to stronger aggregate job growth or deteriorated in response to declining wage and employment opportunities, particularly for the less-skilled. Using data from the 1980 and 1990 US Census on individuals aged 16-64, a methodology is presented to analyze the effect of changes in the income distributions of Native Americans and whites on the average Native American-white income ratio. Oaxaca-type decompositions are also used to yield insights into the role of economy-wide as opposed to Native American-specific effects on changes in income, hourly earnings and annual hours employed over the period. The study concludes that the economic circumstances of Native American men and women further deteriorated relative to whites over the decade, chiefly due to the declining valuation given to Native American human capital, particularly for men. An important finding of the study is the role of economy-wide vis-à-vis native-specific effects: almost all of the adverse movements in average hourly earnings against Native Americans can be attributed to changes in economy-wide hourly earnings structures (with the least-skilled being paid less), whereas the large fall in relative annual hours is due to changes specific to Native Americans.
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