Skilled migration
Alternative labels
Overseas qualifications
Skilled migrants
Briefing paper
Unlocking potential: addressing the economic participation of migrants and refugee women in Australia
This policy brief draws on research to develop a more robust evidence base to guide progress towards unlocking the economic potential of migrant and refugee women.
Report
Untapped potential: trends and disparities in the economic participation of migrant and refugee women in Australia
This report brings together information from a variety of sources specifically on the economic participation of migrant and refugee women. The research includes a review of the academic literature, as well as analyses of major data sources.
Policy report
Wages growth in Australia: evidence and policy evaluation
This paper reviews the evidence regarding wages growth in Australia since the 2008 financial crisis and discusses what it means for policy. This includes the pros and cons of new policy measures, such as a return to multi-employer bargaining and a boost to planned permanent immigration, which the current government is planning.
Report
Australia’s medical workforce: maldistributed and lately never enough
This paper covers the spread of, and interactions within, the medical workforce in recent decades. It does this in order to illustrate the way in which a bias towards hospital and specialist care has occurred.
Discussion paper
A migration system for Australia’s future: discussion paper
This discussion paper seeks the views of interested individuals and organisations on the key elements of a future-focused and transformative strategy that will allow Australia to fully realise the potential of migration.