10.4225/03/590bf31b2e6b3 Birrell, Bob Bob Birrell An immiserizing trade in economists? Monash University 2017 Australia journal article 1959.1/481496 Professional labour markets Skilled migrants 1039-4788 monash:63791 2017-05-05 03:35:53 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/An_immiserizing_trade_in_economists_/4975817 There has been a tightening of the Australian labour market for economists during the 1990s yet, despite this, there has been a continued substantial net inflow of migrants economists. The impact of this inflow has been particularly severe on the academic economist labour market, which is one of the weakest submarkets for professionals with training in economics. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s