This study investigates the incidence of over-education amongst recent Australian bachelor degree graduates and its effect on their earnings. We find that between 24% and 37% of graduates were over-educated shortly after course completion, with over-education most common amongst young females and least common amongst older females. Over-education…

Analyzes the determinants of postimmigration investments in education by adult immigrants, using survey data for Australia and OLS, logit, and multinomial logit analysis. Postimmigrration educational attainment varies negatively with age at arrival and positively with duration in destination and preimmigration schooling and occupational status.…

Demonstrates the formulation and computation of major benefit and cost items included in an evaluation of social rates of return to foreign study. Considers incidence of measured effects between sending, host, and third countries, focusing on south/north flow of postgraduate students, specifically Fiji students studying at Australian universities.…