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People and Place archives from September 2006
The rise of the older mother.
September 1, 2006... In Australia, declining fertility among younger women is partly off-set by increasing fertility among women over 30. Women born in 1971 are projected to have an average of 1.9 children each, with almost half their children born after the age of...
Pronatalism under Howard.(John Howard)
September 1, 2006... This article documents the re-emergence of pronatalism in rhetoric and policy under the Howard Government. The author argues that the language of gender equity theory has facilitated this development. However, the Government has not followed...
Attracting skilled migrants to regional areas: what does it take?
September 1, 2006... For some time government policy has tried to encourage permanent migrants to settle outside the major cities in so-called regional areas. This policy has met with limited success (even though the term 'regional' has often included Melbourne)....
Accreditation of overseas trained doctors: the continuing crisis.
September 1, 2006... Thousands of overseas trained doctors (OTDs) are being recruited each year to practice medicine in Australia who have not had to pass a formal test of their medical knowledge or clinical skills. These include OTDs recruited on temporary entry...
The economic impact of a general increase in skilled immigration.
September 1, 2006... The paper uses MONASH, a dynamic computable general equilibrium model, to investigate the impact on the Australian economy of a 50 per cent increase in the skilled migrant intake over the period 2005-2025. The main effect of the policy is to...
A comment on Bob Kinnaird's analysis of the 457 visa issue from the persective of a local SAP specialist.
September 1, 2006... The previous issue of People and Place carried an article by Bob Kinnaird on the sharp increase of skilled migrants sponsored into Australia on long-stay temporary-entry visas. (1) The data showed particularly steep growth in the entry of...