The cause of immigrant education mismatch in the host country labour market might not necessarily be discrimination or … imperfect transferability of human capital, as argued in previous studies. Immigrants who have gained professional experience in … and skills than those expected from their educational qualifications. Using the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to …

proportion of immigrants that were already under-utilised (or over-achieving) in their home countries. Overall, the policy … appears to have brought immigrants that reduced the over-under-education of Australia's labour market …

We study whether Australian employers recognise immigrants' education acquired abroad, and if so how. Using data from … the Longitudinal Surveys of Immigrants in Australia, we apply interval regression to model migrant hourly earnings. We … immigrants from non-OECD countries are the ones who can gain the most from obtaining further education in Australia, and that …

selected relative to migrants emigrating to other countries. We also find that immigrants from a country outside the EU27/EFTA …

benefiting from positive employer discrimination, especially if graduating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics …

differences between self- and paid employment among rural immigrants. We interpret the relevant effect of discrimination in 2002 … unemployment. The empirical analysis confirms that self-employment also attracts married individuals and those in good health … predominantly arise through differences in coefficients (i.e. "discrimination") while those between self- and paid employment among …