Journal of Business Ethics
2019

Labour Force Participation and Employment of Humanitarian Migrants: Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Data (Article)

Cheng Z.* , Wang B.Z. , Taksa L.
  • a Social Policy Research Centre & Centre for Social Research in Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Department of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • b Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • c Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Abstract

This study uses the longitudinal data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationships between human capital and labour market participation and employment status among recently arrived/approved humanitarian migrants. We find that the likelihood of participating in the labour force is higher for those who had pre-immigration paid job experience, completed study/job training and have better job searching knowledge/skills in Australia and possess higher proficiency in spoken English. We find that the chance of getting a paid job is negatively related to having better pre-immigration education, but it is positively related to having unpaid work experience and job searching skills in Australia, and better health. We also explore the ethical implications of the findings. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.

Author Keywords

Australia humanitarian migrant Human capital Employment status Settlement Labour force participation

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066018921&doi=10.1007%2fs10551-019-04179-8&partnerID=40&md5=c0185e3ceda70d866cd650fdeb652e5a
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-019-04179-8
ISSN: 01674544
Original Language: English