Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data
In this paper, we exploit plausibly exogenous changes in exchange rates across home countries over time and panel data to identify the causal impact of exchange rate fluctuations on Australian immigrants’ labour market outcomes. We present new and robust evidence that, unlike immigrants in the US, t...
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| description | In this paper, we exploit plausibly exogenous changes in exchange rates across home countries over time and panel data to identify the causal impact of exchange rate fluctuations on Australian immigrants’ labour market outcomes. We present new and robust evidence that, unlike immigrants in the US, those in Australia as a whole do not reduce their yearly labour market outcomes when the local currency appreciates. While female immigrants don’t adjust their labour activities, male immigrants reduce their weekly labour supply and hence earn less when the Australian dollar appreciates. This work also highlights the importance of controlling for individual heterogeneity as well as the gender when modelling the labour market behaviour of immigrants. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-107822019-01-18T06:17:08Z Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data Nguyen, Ha Duncan, Alan In this paper, we exploit plausibly exogenous changes in exchange rates across home countries over time and panel data to identify the causal impact of exchange rate fluctuations on Australian immigrants’ labour market outcomes. We present new and robust evidence that, unlike immigrants in the US, those in Australia as a whole do not reduce their yearly labour market outcomes when the local currency appreciates. While female immigrants don’t adjust their labour activities, male immigrants reduce their weekly labour supply and hence earn less when the Australian dollar appreciates. This work also highlights the importance of controlling for individual heterogeneity as well as the gender when modelling the labour market behaviour of immigrants. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10782 10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.12.010 https://bcec.edu.au/publications/exchange-rate-fluctuations-and-immigrants-labour-market-outcomes-2/ Elsevier unknown |
| spellingShingle | Nguyen, Ha Duncan, Alan Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data |
| title | Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data |
| title_full | Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data |
| title_fullStr | Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data |
| title_short | Exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: New evidence from Australian household panel data |
| title_sort | exchange rate fluctuations and immigrants' labour market outcomes: new evidence from australian household panel data |
| url | https://bcec.edu.au/publications/exchange-rate-fluctuations-and-immigrants-labour-market-outcomes-2/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10782 |