English skills and early labour market integration
Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9952840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhiming Cheng (0000-0002-7996-0586, Social Policy Research Centre & Centre for Social Research in Health The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia, corresponding author), Ben Zhe Wang (0000-0002-4259-3823, Department of Economics, Macquarie Business School Macquarie University Sydney NSW Australia), Zhou Jiang (0000-0002-6249-2659, College of Business, Government and Law Flinders University Adelaide SA Australia), L Taksa (0000-0002-0532-2573, Macquarie University), Massimiliano Tani (0000-0001-7642-8343, School of Business The University of New South Wales Canberra ACT Australia) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/imig.12889 |
| OpenAlex | W3088292974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 103 |
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 positively associated with gaining better language skills. Among the channels leading to these outcomes, we find that self‐esteem, self‐efficacy and general health partially mediate the relationship between English proficiency and labour force participation. Self‐efficacy, general health status and indicative serious mental illness also partially mediate the relationship between better English proficiency and the chance of getting a job
Active listening · Demographic economics · Economics · English language · Language proficiency · Mathematics education · Medical education · Mental health · Pedagogy · Political science · Propensity score matching · Psychiatry · Reading (process · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |