Occupational attainment and earnings among immigrant groups. Evidence from New Zealand.

Autor/inn/en	Maani, Sholeh A.; Dai, Mengyu; Inkson, Kerr
Titel	Occupational attainment and earnings among immigrant groups. Evidence from New Zealand. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Berufserfolg und Einkommen von Immigrantengruppen. Daten aus Neuseeland.
Quelle	In: Australian journal of labour economics, 18 (2015) 1, S. 95-112 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1328-1143
Schlagwörter	Lohnhöhe; Sozialer Aufstieg; Berufliche Integration; Berufliche Stellung; Beruflicher Aufstieg; Berufserfahrung; Qualifikationsmerkmal; Qualifikationsniveau; Hochschulbildung; Ethnische Gruppe; Hochschulabsolvent; Asien; Europa; Herkunftsland; Neuseeland; Ozeanien
Abstract	"This paper concerns the prediction of career success among migrants. We focus specifically on the role of occupation as a mediating variable between the predictor variables education and time since migration, and the dependent variable career success as denoted by occupational status, linked to earnings. Following a review of the literature specifically focused on occupation, we apply Ordered Probit analysis to a sample of over 37,900 employed males surveyed in New Zealand. New Zealand provides an interesting case, as a country where migrants from diverse ethnic groups comprise a significant part of the population. We focus on the occupational attainment of immigrants and the native-born populations and provide evidence on the mediating effect of occupational attainment on earnings. Our analyses show the interplay of factors leading to occupational attainment: for example, education level is of greatest importance, and much of its effect on earnings is through occupational attainment; different immigrant groups have differentiable outcomes, and years of experience in the host country enable gradual occupational advancement. This is the first application of this analysis to New Zealand data. Our results highlight the significant mediating role of occupational attainment in explaining earnings across immigrant and native-born groups." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4