Assimilation via Prices or Quantities?
利用澳大利亚、加拿大和美国1980/81和1990/91年人口普查数据，研究男性移民在目的地国的工资、就业和收入同化过程，发现美国收入同化最快，澳大利亚最慢，且同化路径因劳动力市场制度而异。
Abstract Using 1980/81 and 1990/91 census data from Australia, Canada, and the United States, we estimate the effects of time in the destination country on male immigrants' wages, employment, and earnings. We find that total earnings assimilation is greatest in the United States and least in Australia. Employment assimilation explains all of the earnings progress experienced by Australian immigrants, whereas wage assimilation plays the dominant role in the United States, and Canada falls in between. We argue that relatively inflexible wages and generous unemployment insurance in countries like Australia may cause assimilation to occur along the quantity rather than the price dimension.