Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia

39 Pages Posted: 16 Jun 2004

See all articles by P. N. Raja Junankar

P. N. Raja Junankar

Western Sydney University - Department of Economics & Finance; University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Industrial Relations Centre; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Satya Paul

Amrita University - Centre for Economic Fragility and Governance

Wahida Yasmeen

University of Western Sydney

Date Written: June 2004

Abstract

This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique panel data set, the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA). This paper estimates models of the probability of being unemployed for Asian and non-Asian migrants controlling for various characteristics including age, education, and English language ability. More importantly, we control for the visa status of the migrants. Our results suggest that there are significant "unexplained differences" for males that may be ascribed to "discrimination" against Asian migrants. However, the results for females are mixed: the evidence suggests that Asian females do worse than non-Asian females only in the first year after arrival.

Keywords: immigrants, discrimination, unemployment, mobility, wage differentials

JEL Classification: J7, J61, J64, J31

Suggested Citation

Junankar, P. N. Raja and Paul, Satya and Yasmeen, Wahida, Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia (June 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=556143 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.556143

P. N. Raja Junankar (Contact Author)

Western Sydney University - Department of Economics & Finance ( email )

Sydney, NSW 1797
Australia

University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Industrial Relations Centre

Kensington
High St
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Satya Paul

Amrita University - Centre for Economic Fragility and Governance ( email )

India

Wahida Yasmeen

University of Western Sydney ( email )

PO Box 10
Kingswood, NSW 2747
Australia

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