The Integration Paradox
Asian Immigrants in Australia and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5742476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Tran (0000-0002-2532-6811, American Academy of Art, corresponding author), Fei Guo (0000-0001-9371-0463, American Academy of Art), Tiffany J Huang (0000-0003-0755-6055, American Academy of Art) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 690 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716220926974 |
| OpenAlex | W3047598693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 50 |
Whereas Australia has pursued a skills-based migration policy, the United States has privileged family-based migration. The key contrast between these migration regimes provides a rare test of how national immigration policy shapes immigrant selection and integration. Does a skills-based immigration regime result in a more select group of Asian immigrants in Australia compared to their counterparts in the United States? Are Asian immigrants more integrated into their host society in Australia compared to the United States? Focusing on four groups of Asian immigrants in both countries (Chinese, Indians, Filipinos, and Vietnamese), this article addresses these questions using a transpacific comparison. Despite Australia's skills-based immigration policy, we find that Asian immigrants in Australia are less hyper-selected than their counterparts in the United States. Asian immigrants in Australia also report worse labor market outcomes than those in the United States, with the exception of Vietnamese-a refugee group. Altogether, these findings challenge the conventional wisdom that skills-based immigration policy not only results in more selected immigrants, but also positively influences their integration into the host society
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political science · Refugee · Vietnamese · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
A New Beginning
Asian American Perspectives on Immigration Policy
Do people stay ‘hunkered down’ in diverse spaces? A longitudinal analysis of positive and negative social contact and the development of trust in linguistically diverse areas
Perceived overqualification under multi-cultural context
Hyper‐selectivity of immigrants and generational differences in occupational status
Moving to the next level
Everyday Discrimination and Sleep Among Migrant and Non-migrant Filipinos
Asian diaspora research in Ethnic and Racial Studies , 1978–2025
Food and (curry) culture in Indian diaspora
Covid-19, Perceived Foreign Interference, and Anti-Chinese Sentiment
Stereotype Promise
The illusion of difference
The Next Generation
Warmth of the Welcome
Immigrant Selection in the OECD
Immigration Policy and the Skills of Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
The Impact of Host-Country Schooling on Earnings
Beyond Expectations
Compelled to Excel
Strangers No More
A Place to Call Home
The Integration of Immigrants into American Society
The relationship between education and ethnic minority factors in income among Asian Americans
Moving beyond the model minority
US Immigration Policy and the Case for Family Unity
Filipinos in the U.S
South Asian Immigration and Education in the U.S
Disadvantage, Discrimination and the Occupational Differentiation of Migrant Groups in Australia
Immigrant employment and earnings growth in Canada and the USA
Asian Americans and workplace discrimination
Recent Immigration to Canada and the United States
Post-1945 International Migration
China's “Tidal Wave” of Migrant Labor
Second-Generation Decline or Advantage? Latino Assimilation in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
Second-Generation Contextual Mobility
Occupational Mobility among Immigrants
Differences in occupation between ancestry subgroups of Asian birthplace groups in Australia
Not an outgroup, not yet an ingroup
Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia
Knocking at the Door
Effects of the immigration act of 1965 on selected population characteristics of immigrants to the United States
Graduate Overeducation and its Effects among Recently Arrived Immigrants to Australia
Hyper-selectivity, Racial Mobility, and the Remaking of Race
Social Mobility across Immigrant Generations
How Immigrants Fare across the Earnings Distribution in Australia and the United States
The Economic Incorporation of Immigrants in 18 Western Societies
Immigrants' Economic Assimilation
Negotiating the workplace
Self-Employment of Immigrants
Becoming a Citizen in the United States and Canada
Migrants and Employment
Socioeconomic Attainments of Asian Americans
Socioeconomic Gains of Asian Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics
Comparisons of the success of racial minority immigrant offspring in the United States, Canada and Australia
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |