Siew-Ean Khoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 229516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siew-Ean Khoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siew-Ean |
| FAMILY NAME | Khoo |
| SIGNATURE | KHOO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Women in the Cities of Asia: Migration and Urban Adaptation
This book is concerned with the relatively new and growing phenomenon of female migration from village to city in Asia. It consists of a series of papers by various authors. The papers are grouped under four major headings: overview and theoretical perspectives; national perspectives on trends policies and programs with studies on India Pakistan Peninsular Malaysia Thailand the Philippines and the Republic of Korea; women migrants in cities with …
Participation in different types of volunteering at young, middle and older adulthood
Ethnic disparities in social and economic well-being of the immigrant aged in Australia
Skilled Temporary Migration from Asia-Pacific Countries to Australia
The Asia-Pacific region is a significant source of skilled temporary migration to Australia. The paper provides an overview of recent trends in skilled temporary migration from Asia-Pacific countries to Australia and compares the Asia-Pacific migrants with migrants from other regions to investigate whether the Asia-Pacific migrants are selective of particular demographic and human capital characteristics. Differences are observed between the two …
Household diversity and dynamics of recent immigrants in Australia
Which Skilled Temporary Migrants Become Permanent Residents and Why
While most countries of destination of temporary migrants expect them to return home, it is likely that some temporary migration will become permanent if the migrants decide that they would like to remain longer or indefinitely for various reasons. This paper examines the factors associated with temporary migrants' decision to become or not become permanent residents and the reasons for their decision, using survey data on skilled temporary migra…
A Global Labor Market: Factors Motivating the Sponsorship and Temporary Migration of Skilled Workers to Australia
The recruitment of skilled foreign workers is becoming increasingly important to many industrialized countries. This paper examines the factors motivating the sponsorship and temporary migration of skilled workers to Australia under the temporary business entry program, a new development in Australia's migration policy. The importance of labor demand in the destination country in stimulating skilled temporary migration is clearly demonstrated by …
Teaching at Home or Overseas: Teacher Migration from Fiji and the Cook Islands
The migration of skilled workers is increasing rapidly in Pacific Island countries including Fiji and the Cook Islands. This paper focuses on teacher migration because of the potentially far-reaching implications of this migration for educational systems and development. The situation in Fiji and the Cook Islands is compared and contrasted. Based on a survey of teachers in selected schools in Fiji and the Cook Islands, the paper examines factors …
Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement
Contents: Preface Glossary PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Immigration to Australia During the 1990s: Institutional and Labour Market Influences Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller PART II: LABOUR MARKET ENTRY 2. Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants Deborah A. Cobb-Clark 3. Finding Employment After Migration: How Long Does It Take? Prem Jung Thapa and Tue Gorgens 4. Female Migrants' Participation in the Australian Labour Mar…
Stability and change in ethnic identification in Australia: An aggregate level analysis
Temporary Migration of Indian ICT Workers to Australia
This article examines the temporary migration of information and communications technology (ICT) workers from India to Australia under the 457 temporary business entry visa category that was introduced in 1996. The number of Indians arriving in Australia under this visa class has risen more rapidly than that of any major source country, suggesting the competitiveness of Indian ICT workers in the Australian labor market. The article examines the m…
Indian Student Migration to Australia
There has been a marked increase in the migration of students worldwide, particularly from developing countries to developed countries. This article examines the migration of students from India to Australia. The number of Indians arriving in Australia on student visas has shown an increasing trend though numbers have fluctuated from year to year. The article examines the role of Australia's education export market, analyzes the main reasons for …
A decomposition of immigrant divorce rates in Australia
Asians in Australia: Patterns of Migration and Settlement
Introduction to the issuesThe issue of Asian immigration has recently been the subject of significantnpublic debate in Australia, following remarks during the 1996 Australian electionnand subsequent comments by the now member for Oxley, Pauline Hanson.nWhile conceived before this debate began, this book aims to provide some ofnthe basic infoimation required for arational discussion about Asian immigration,ninformation which is clearly absent from…
Intermarriage: A Study of Migration and Integration
Correlates of Welfare Dependency among Immigrants in Australia
Correlates of Welfare Dependency among Immigrants in Australia
This article examines the role of a number of factors, including migration category, birthplace, period of arrival, age, gender, educational background and employment status, in explaining immigrants’ dependence on government pensions and benefits. Significant differences in welfare dependency were observed by birthplace and migration category even after controlling for age, education and employment status. Immigrants from Vietnam, Lebanon and Tu…
People Movements between Australia and Asian-Pacific Nations: Trends, Issues and Prospects
Asia and the Pacific, excluding New Zealand, now provide over half of Australia's total immigrant intake. The Asian countries also account for more than half of tourists to Australia and the large majority of fee-paying overseas students enrolled in its tertiary and secondary education institutions. This article examines the growth and diversification of these permanent, long and short-term movements of people from Asia and the Pacific and the gr…
Asian Immigrant Settlement and Adjustment in Australia
Asians have been the fastest growing overseas-born population inAustralia, more than doubling from 1981 to 1991. Based on the 1991 Census, this article broadly examines economic and social characteristics of the Asian-born population in Australia. Economic factors such as labor force participation, unemployment, occupation, income and housing reveal a great diversity in the settlement experience of the Asian-born, attributable to the diversity of…
Living Together as Married: A Profile of De Facto Couples in Australia
In 1982 a national survey in Australia showed that 5% of all couples living together were unmarried. This article examines demographic social and economic characteristics of unmarried cohabiting partners among persons 18 to 34 years of age at the time of the survey. Never-married partners and ever-married partners differed from each other in their level of education and economic situation and appeared to have different reasons for being in de fac…
Changes in the timing of births in Melbourne, Australia
Two 10-year marriage cohorts from two surveys of married women in Melbourne were compared on their timing of the first and second births. The results showed that women who were married in the early 1970s were much more likely to delay their first birth until about the third or fourth year of marriage compared with women who married in the 1960s. However, there was no difference in the timing of their second birth in relation to the first birth be…
Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective
This article examines the participation of women in rural-to-urban migration, with a special focus on patterns in Asia. Most studies of migration have focused on male migrants or heads of households (See, reviews by Simmons et al., 1977; Yap, 1977 for example) on the assumption that females frequently migrate only as part of families and therefore the causes and consequences of their migration are those of their spouses and families. Recently, ho…
Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective
Siew-Ean Khoo, Peter C. Smith, James T. Fawcett, Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective, The International Migration Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, Special Issue: Women in Migration (Winter, 1984), pp. 1247-1263
Singapore: Rapid Fertility Transition in a Compact Society
Singapore has experienced a dramatic fertility decline over the past 2 decades with the average number of births per woman falling from over 6 to below 2. Factors contributing to this decline and discussed in this paper include government policies and programs designed to influence fertility directly; policies programs and practices in education female employment and public housing which influence fertility indirectly; and the changing values att…
Measuring the Thai Family Planning Program's Impact on Fertility Rates: A Comparison of Computer Models
Recent interest in the measurement of the impact of family planning programs on birth rates has focused on the use of component projection computer models. This is shown by the revival of the PROJTARG model developed by Bogue, Edmonds, and Bogue (1973) in applications to the situation in Thailand and Colombia (Teachman, Hogan, and Bogue, 1978) and the development of the TABRAP/CONVERSE models described in Nortman and Bongaarts (1975) and Nortman …
Which Skilled Temporary Migrants Become Permanent Residents and Why
While most countries of destination of temporary migrants expect them to return home, it is likely that some temporary migration will become permanent if the migrants decide that they would like to remain longer or indefinitely for various reasons. This paper examines the factors associated with temporary migrants' decision to become or not become permanent residents and the reasons for their decision, using survey data on skilled temporary migra…
A Global Labor Market: Factors Motivating the Sponsorship and Temporary Migration of Skilled Workers to Australia
The recruitment of skilled foreign workers is becoming increasingly important to many industrialized countries. This paper examines the factors motivating the sponsorship and temporary migration of skilled workers to Australia under the temporary business entry program, a new development in Australia's migration policy. The importance of labor demand in the destination country in stimulating skilled temporary migration is clearly demonstrated by …
Asian Immigrant Settlement and Adjustment in Australia
Asians have been the fastest growing overseas-born population inAustralia, more than doubling from 1981 to 1991. Based on the 1991 Census, this article broadly examines economic and social characteristics of the Asian-born population in Australia. Economic factors such as labor force participation, unemployment, occupation, income and housing reveal a great diversity in the settlement experience of the Asian-born, attributable to the diversity of…
Living Together as Married: A Profile of De Facto Couples in Australia
In 1982 a national survey in Australia showed that 5% of all couples living together were unmarried. This article examines demographic social and economic characteristics of unmarried cohabiting partners among persons 18 to 34 years of age at the time of the survey. Never-married partners and ever-married partners differed from each other in their level of education and economic situation and appeared to have different reasons for being in de fac…
Skilled Temporary Migration from Asia-Pacific Countries to Australia
The Asia-Pacific region is a significant source of skilled temporary migration to Australia. The paper provides an overview of recent trends in skilled temporary migration from Asia-Pacific countries to Australia and compares the Asia-Pacific migrants with migrants from other regions to investigate whether the Asia-Pacific migrants are selective of particular demographic and human capital characteristics. Differences are observed between the two …
Singapore: Rapid Fertility Transition in a Compact Society
Singapore has experienced a dramatic fertility decline over the past 2 decades with the average number of births per woman falling from over 6 to below 2. Factors contributing to this decline and discussed in this paper include government policies and programs designed to influence fertility directly; policies programs and practices in education female employment and public housing which influence fertility indirectly; and the changing values att…
Participation in different types of volunteering at young, middle and older adulthood
Teaching at Home or Overseas: Teacher Migration from Fiji and the Cook Islands
The migration of skilled workers is increasing rapidly in Pacific Island countries including Fiji and the Cook Islands. This paper focuses on teacher migration because of the potentially far-reaching implications of this migration for educational systems and development. The situation in Fiji and the Cook Islands is compared and contrasted. Based on a survey of teachers in selected schools in Fiji and the Cook Islands, the paper examines factors …
Ethnic disparities in social and economic well-being of the immigrant aged in Australia
Stability and change in ethnic identification in Australia: An aggregate level analysis
Correlates of Welfare Dependency among Immigrants in Australia
Correlates of Welfare Dependency among Immigrants in Australia
This article examines the role of a number of factors, including migration category, birthplace, period of arrival, age, gender, educational background and employment status, in explaining immigrants’ dependence on government pensions and benefits. Significant differences in welfare dependency were observed by birthplace and migration category even after controlling for age, education and employment status. Immigrants from Vietnam, Lebanon and Tu…
Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective
This article examines the participation of women in rural-to-urban migration, with a special focus on patterns in Asia. Most studies of migration have focused on male migrants or heads of households (See, reviews by Simmons et al., 1977; Yap, 1977 for example) on the assumption that females frequently migrate only as part of families and therefore the causes and consequences of their migration are those of their spouses and families. Recently, ho…
Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective
Siew-Ean Khoo, Peter C. Smith, James T. Fawcett, Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective, The International Migration Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, Special Issue: Women in Migration (Winter, 1984), pp. 1247-1263
Household diversity and dynamics of recent immigrants in Australia
Temporary Migration of Indian ICT Workers to Australia
This article examines the temporary migration of information and communications technology (ICT) workers from India to Australia under the 457 temporary business entry visa category that was introduced in 1996. The number of Indians arriving in Australia under this visa class has risen more rapidly than that of any major source country, suggesting the competitiveness of Indian ICT workers in the Australian labor market. The article examines the m…
Indian Student Migration to Australia
There has been a marked increase in the migration of students worldwide, particularly from developing countries to developed countries. This article examines the migration of students from India to Australia. The number of Indians arriving in Australia on student visas has shown an increasing trend though numbers have fluctuated from year to year. The article examines the role of Australia's education export market, analyzes the main reasons for …
A decomposition of immigrant divorce rates in Australia
Measuring the Thai Family Planning Program's Impact on Fertility Rates: A Comparison of Computer Models
Recent interest in the measurement of the impact of family planning programs on birth rates has focused on the use of component projection computer models. This is shown by the revival of the PROJTARG model developed by Bogue, Edmonds, and Bogue (1973) in applications to the situation in Thailand and Colombia (Teachman, Hogan, and Bogue, 1978) and the development of the TABRAP/CONVERSE models described in Nortman and Bongaarts (1975) and Nortman …
Measuring the Thai Family Planning Program's Impact on Fertility Rates: A Comparison of Computer Models
Recent interest in the measurement of the impact of family planning programs on birth rates has focused on the use of component projection computer models. This is shown by the revival of the PROJTARG model developed by Bogue, Edmonds, and Bogue (1973) in applications to the situation in Thailand and Colombia (Teachman, Hogan, and Bogue, 1978) and the development of the TABRAP/CONVERSE models described in Nortman and Bongaarts (1975) and Nortman …
Singapore: Rapid Fertility Transition in a Compact Society
Singapore has experienced a dramatic fertility decline over the past 2 decades with the average number of births per woman falling from over 6 to below 2. Factors contributing to this decline and discussed in this paper include government policies and programs designed to influence fertility directly; policies programs and practices in education female employment and public housing which influence fertility indirectly; and the changing values att…
Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective
This article examines the participation of women in rural-to-urban migration, with a special focus on patterns in Asia. Most studies of migration have focused on male migrants or heads of households (See, reviews by Simmons et al., 1977; Yap, 1977 for example) on the assumption that females frequently migrate only as part of families and therefore the causes and consequences of their migration are those of their spouses and families. Recently, ho…
Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective
Siew-Ean Khoo, Peter C. Smith, James T. Fawcett, Migration of Women to Cities: The Asian Situation in Comparative Perspective, The International Migration Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, Special Issue: Women in Migration (Winter, 1984), pp. 1247-1263
Changes in the timing of births in Melbourne, Australia
Two 10-year marriage cohorts from two surveys of married women in Melbourne were compared on their timing of the first and second births. The results showed that women who were married in the early 1970s were much more likely to delay their first birth until about the third or fourth year of marriage compared with women who married in the 1960s. However, there was no difference in the timing of their second birth in relation to the first birth be…
Living Together as Married: A Profile of De Facto Couples in Australia
In 1982 a national survey in Australia showed that 5% of all couples living together were unmarried. This article examines demographic social and economic characteristics of unmarried cohabiting partners among persons 18 to 34 years of age at the time of the survey. Never-married partners and ever-married partners differed from each other in their level of education and economic situation and appeared to have different reasons for being in de fac…
Correlates of Welfare Dependency among Immigrants in Australia
Correlates of Welfare Dependency among Immigrants in Australia
This article examines the role of a number of factors, including migration category, birthplace, period of arrival, age, gender, educational background and employment status, in explaining immigrants’ dependence on government pensions and benefits. Significant differences in welfare dependency were observed by birthplace and migration category even after controlling for age, education and employment status. Immigrants from Vietnam, Lebanon and Tu…
People Movements between Australia and Asian-Pacific Nations: Trends, Issues and Prospects
Asia and the Pacific, excluding New Zealand, now provide over half of Australia's total immigrant intake. The Asian countries also account for more than half of tourists to Australia and the large majority of fee-paying overseas students enrolled in its tertiary and secondary education institutions. This article examines the growth and diversification of these permanent, long and short-term movements of people from Asia and the Pacific and the gr…
Asian Immigrant Settlement and Adjustment in Australia
Asians have been the fastest growing overseas-born population inAustralia, more than doubling from 1981 to 1991. Based on the 1991 Census, this article broadly examines economic and social characteristics of the Asian-born population in Australia. Economic factors such as labor force participation, unemployment, occupation, income and housing reveal a great diversity in the settlement experience of the Asian-born, attributable to the diversity of…
Intermarriage: A Study of Migration and Integration
Asians in Australia: Patterns of Migration and Settlement
Introduction to the issuesThe issue of Asian immigration has recently been the subject of significantnpublic debate in Australia, following remarks during the 1996 Australian electionnand subsequent comments by the now member for Oxley, Pauline Hanson.nWhile conceived before this debate began, this book aims to provide some ofnthe basic infoimation required for arational discussion about Asian immigration,ninformation which is clearly absent from…
A decomposition of immigrant divorce rates in Australia
Temporary Migration of Indian ICT Workers to Australia
This article examines the temporary migration of information and communications technology (ICT) workers from India to Australia under the 457 temporary business entry visa category that was introduced in 1996. The number of Indians arriving in Australia under this visa class has risen more rapidly than that of any major source country, suggesting the competitiveness of Indian ICT workers in the Australian labor market. The article examines the m…
Indian Student Migration to Australia
There has been a marked increase in the migration of students worldwide, particularly from developing countries to developed countries. This article examines the migration of students from India to Australia. The number of Indians arriving in Australia on student visas has shown an increasing trend though numbers have fluctuated from year to year. The article examines the role of Australia's education export market, analyzes the main reasons for …
Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement
Contents: Preface Glossary PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Immigration to Australia During the 1990s: Institutional and Labour Market Influences Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller PART II: LABOUR MARKET ENTRY 2. Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants Deborah A. Cobb-Clark 3. Finding Employment After Migration: How Long Does It Take? Prem Jung Thapa and Tue Gorgens 4. Female Migrants' Participation in the Australian Labour Mar…
Stability and change in ethnic identification in Australia: An aggregate level analysis
A Global Labor Market: Factors Motivating the Sponsorship and Temporary Migration of Skilled Workers to Australia
The recruitment of skilled foreign workers is becoming increasingly important to many industrialized countries. This paper examines the factors motivating the sponsorship and temporary migration of skilled workers to Australia under the temporary business entry program, a new development in Australia's migration policy. The importance of labor demand in the destination country in stimulating skilled temporary migration is clearly demonstrated by …
Teaching at Home or Overseas: Teacher Migration from Fiji and the Cook Islands
The migration of skilled workers is increasing rapidly in Pacific Island countries including Fiji and the Cook Islands. This paper focuses on teacher migration because of the potentially far-reaching implications of this migration for educational systems and development. The situation in Fiji and the Cook Islands is compared and contrasted. Based on a survey of teachers in selected schools in Fiji and the Cook Islands, the paper examines factors …
Household diversity and dynamics of recent immigrants in Australia
Which Skilled Temporary Migrants Become Permanent Residents and Why
While most countries of destination of temporary migrants expect them to return home, it is likely that some temporary migration will become permanent if the migrants decide that they would like to remain longer or indefinitely for various reasons. This paper examines the factors associated with temporary migrants' decision to become or not become permanent residents and the reasons for their decision, using survey data on skilled temporary migra…
Skilled Temporary Migration from Asia-Pacific Countries to Australia
The Asia-Pacific region is a significant source of skilled temporary migration to Australia. The paper provides an overview of recent trends in skilled temporary migration from Asia-Pacific countries to Australia and compares the Asia-Pacific migrants with migrants from other regions to investigate whether the Asia-Pacific migrants are selective of particular demographic and human capital characteristics. Differences are observed between the two …
Participation in different types of volunteering at young, middle and older adulthood
Ethnic disparities in social and economic well-being of the immigrant aged in Australia
Women in the Cities of Asia: Migration and Urban Adaptation
This book is concerned with the relatively new and growing phenomenon of female migration from village to city in Asia. It consists of a series of papers by various authors. The papers are grouped under four major headings: overview and theoretical perspectives; national perspectives on trends policies and programs with studies on India Pakistan Peninsular Malaysia Thailand the Philippines and the Republic of Korea; women migrants in cities with …
Economics (21 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (19 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Geography (18 works) · Political science (15 works) · Demographic economics (13 works) · Economic growth (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Development economics (11 works) · Population (10 works)