This paper by Prem Jung Thapa and Tue Gørgens extends the traditional static focus of research on the labour market assimilation of migrants in Australia by analyzing the dynamics of job search and actual time taken to find the first job after arrival in Australia. The Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (LSIA) covers two...

One important indicator of the successful assimilation of migrants is their relative success in finding employment in different labour market conditions. In this paper, Prem Thapa analyses the risk of unemployment among male immigrants compared to native-born Australians for two different periods in which overall labour market characteristics and the pool of immigrants differed considerably.