Ben Zhe Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4262008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Zhe Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben Zhe |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG B Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4259-3823 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Refugees as Skilled Migrants: Insights from Australia's 2018 Employer-Sponsored Refugee Migration Pilot
Many of the more than 27 million refugees in the world today are highly educated professionals, but resolving their displacement via skilled migration pathways is typically not possible. At the request of employers facing severe skill shortages and the coordination of Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)-a non-profit organisation-the Australian government introduced in 2018 a pilot program enabling employers to sponsor refugees through an employment co…
Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes
We analyse how immigrants’ level of social assimilation is related to their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the association between assimilation and employment, wages, underemployment, three measures of job satisfaction, overeducation and wages. Using Australian longitudinal data, we find that assimilation is strongly associated with employment and wages as well as a number of job satisfaction measures. We then split our data …
Ageing, Health, Loneliness and Wellbeing
English skills and early labour market integration: Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia
This paper uses panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationship between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. We show that having better general or speaking skills in English is associated with a higher propensity for participation in the labour force and success in getting a job. We also find that participating in an English training programme is strongly and positi…
Wellbeing in China
Environmental Perceptions, Happiness and Pro-environmental Actions in China
Ageing, Health, Loneliness and Wellbeing
English skills and early labour market integration: Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia
This paper uses panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationship between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. We show that having better general or speaking skills in English is associated with a higher propensity for participation in the labour force and success in getting a job. We also find that participating in an English training programme is strongly and positi…
Wellbeing in China
Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes
We analyse how immigrants’ level of social assimilation is related to their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the association between assimilation and employment, wages, underemployment, three measures of job satisfaction, overeducation and wages. Using Australian longitudinal data, we find that assimilation is strongly associated with employment and wages as well as a number of job satisfaction measures. We then split our data …
Environmental Perceptions, Happiness and Pro-environmental Actions in China
Refugees as Skilled Migrants: Insights from Australia's 2018 Employer-Sponsored Refugee Migration Pilot
Many of the more than 27 million refugees in the world today are highly educated professionals, but resolving their displacement via skilled migration pathways is typically not possible. At the request of employers facing severe skill shortages and the coordination of Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)-a non-profit organisation-the Australian government introduced in 2018 a pilot program enabling employers to sponsor refugees through an employment co…
Wellbeing in China
Environmental Perceptions, Happiness and Pro-environmental Actions in China
English skills and early labour market integration: Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia
This paper uses panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the relationship between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among humanitarian migrants. We show that having better general or speaking skills in English is associated with a higher propensity for participation in the labour force and success in getting a job. We also find that participating in an English training programme is strongly and positi…
Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes
We analyse how immigrants’ level of social assimilation is related to their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the association between assimilation and employment, wages, underemployment, three measures of job satisfaction, overeducation and wages. Using Australian longitudinal data, we find that assimilation is strongly associated with employment and wages as well as a number of job satisfaction measures. We then split our data …
Ageing, Health, Loneliness and Wellbeing
Refugees as Skilled Migrants: Insights from Australia's 2018 Employer-Sponsored Refugee Migration Pilot
Many of the more than 27 million refugees in the world today are highly educated professionals, but resolving their displacement via skilled migration pathways is typically not possible. At the request of employers facing severe skill shortages and the coordination of Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB)-a non-profit organisation-the Australian government introduced in 2018 a pilot program enabling employers to sponsor refugees through an employment co…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Human geography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Quality of Life Research (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)