Gender, Ethnicity and Employment Non-English Speaking Background Mig
This book is mainly concerned with economic analysis of the labour market status of NESB (Non-English Speaking Background) migrant women in Australia. Newly developed and sophisticated econometric methods are used to analyse the labour market status of bo
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Rowshan Haque Mohammed Haque Editors
Gender, Ethnicity and Employment Non-English Speaking Background Migrant Women in Australia
Physica -Verlag A Springer Company
Rowshan Haque • M. Ohidul Haque
Gender, Ethnicity and Employment Non-English Speaking Background Migrant Women in Australia
Physica-Verlag A Springer Company
Dr. Rowshan Haque 9 Collier Court Burwood VIC, 3125 Australia [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-7908-1999-1
Prof. M. Ohidul Haque Universiti Brunei Darussalam Department of Economics Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies (FBEPS) Jalan Tungku Link Gadong BE 1410 Negara Brunei Darussalam [email protected]
e-ISBN: 978-3-7908-2000-3
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2000-3 Contributions to Economics ISSN 1431-1933 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008932851 © 2008 Physica-Verlag Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
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Preface
This book provides an empirical investigation of the employment status of NonEnglish-Speaking Background (NESB) and Australia-born women. The analysis adds to the work of Australian authors who have found that NESB women are underrepresented in occupations that have relatively high pay and congenial working conditions, and are over-represented amongst the unemployed. This study develops a definition of primary sector employment from the occupation categories in the 1996 Census, and uses the ANU2 occupational prestige scale and earnings data from the Census. The book constructed univariate probit models for labour market participation, and primary sector employment and unemployment for both groups of women. The models were estimated using the 1% sample from the 1996 Australian Census. The Census provided useful information regarding labour market status and a range of human capital and demographic variables that were relevant to the analysis. These models suggested that NESB women faced disadvantages in the labour market if they had poor English language skills or had arrived in Australia comparatively recently. The models tended to support the works of other authors who have found that education and labour market experience were sig
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