TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-migration investments in education and job search
T2 - A family perspective
AU - Cobb-Clark, Deborah
AU - Connolly, Marie D.
AU - Worswick, Christopher
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - This paper examines post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new longitudinal data for Australia. Higher education levels at the time of arrival are associated with a greater probability of enrolling in school after migration. In households where the visa category would suggest that post-migration investments might be important, we find higher rates of school enrolment and job search. Traditional gender roles appear to dictate which partner makes the investments in formal schooling. However, labour market advantage, captured by principal applicant status, appears to dictate which partner makes greater investments in job search.
AB - This paper examines post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new longitudinal data for Australia. Higher education levels at the time of arrival are associated with a greater probability of enrolling in school after migration. In households where the visa category would suggest that post-migration investments might be important, we find higher rates of school enrolment and job search. Traditional gender roles appear to dictate which partner makes the investments in formal schooling. However, labour market advantage, captured by principal applicant status, appears to dictate which partner makes greater investments in job search.
KW - Human capital investments
KW - Immigrants
KW - Job search
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=29144490626&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00148-005-0006-2
DO - 10.1007/s00148-005-0006-2
M3 - Article
SN - 0933-1433
VL - 18
SP - 663
EP - 690
JO - Journal of Population Economics
JF - Journal of Population Economics
IS - 4
ER -