title: Do immigrants have higher or lower labour-force participation rates than the Australian-born?
abstract: "Before the mid 1980s aggregate labour-force participation rates of migrants were higher than those of Australian-born people.  They are now lower.  Is this trend an artefact of differences in the age structure of the two populations? [The author's] analysis shows that it is not.  The deterioration in the labour-force participation of migrants is real."
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Age Distribution; Age Factors; Australia; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Human Resources; Immigrants; Labor Force; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies