From bad to worse: examining the deteriorating labour market outcomes of international graduates in Australia

Tang, Angelina, Perales, Francisco, Rowe, Francisco ORCID: 0000-0003-4137-0246 and Baxter, Janeen (2022) From bad to worse: examining the deteriorating labour market outcomes of international graduates in Australia. JOURNAL OF POPULATION RESEARCH, 39 (3). pp. 441-473.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12546-022-09291-7

Abstract

International graduates have been shown to experience comparatively poor outcomes in their transition to the host labour market after course completion. In Australia, international graduates typically fare worse than domestic graduates in the labour market, with new evidence pointing to a deterioration in their relative labour market position over the years. The contributing factors for the deterioration, however, remain unclear. In this article, we analysed unique large-scale survey data from the Australian Graduate Survey to identify the factors underlying the deteriorating labour market outcomes of international graduates from 2000. Our findings indicate that the deteriorating labour market outcomes of international graduates can be largely linked to the declining share of these graduates who are a citizen or permanent resident of Australia. The rising percentage of international graduates who are non-native English-speakers also played a role, albeit a modest one. These findings call attention to the persistent labour market disadvantage of international graduates and highlight the inadequacies of existing policies aimed at temporary retention and stronger English language skills in promoting labour market integration.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Source info: Life Course Centre Working Paper No. 2021-10
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Australia, International graduates, Labour market, Skill utilisation, Skilled migration, Study-to-work transition
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Environmental Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2022 13:06
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 20:45
DOI:	10.1007/s12546-022-09291-7
Open Access URL:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12546-0...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3164382