The international transferability of immigrants’ human capital

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W.

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.07.002

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“…Overeducation was positively related to the migrant share of employment in the male models, a finding that is consistent with previous research (e.g. Chiswick and Miller, 2009). Overeducation among immigrants could be due to low transferability in non-domestically acquired qualifications and/ or to discrimination; however, without more detail on the nature of migrant qualifications, the relative strength of both potential explanations could not be explored further.…”

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Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe

Rodríguez

McGuinness

O’Connell

2017

Social Science Research

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This paper examines the factors determining variations in spatial rates of overeducation.A quantile regression model has been implemented on a sample of region-yearly data drawn from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and several institutional and macroeconomic features captured from other data-sets. Potential determinants of overeducation rates include factors such as labour market risk, financial aid to university students, excess labour demand and institutional factors. We find significant effects both for labour market structural imbalances and institutional factors.The research supports the findings of micro based studies which have found that overeducation is consistent with an assignment interpretation of the labour market.Keywords: Overeducation, regional variation, mismatch JEL classification: C29; I21; J24 Highlights: Overeducation reacts to educated labour supply excess and university enrolment levels  There is limited evidence that overeducation is driven by high returns to education  Overeducation is explained by migration-and sectoral composition of employment  Structural factors play a significant role in determining overeducation rates

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Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe

Rodríguez

McGuinness

O’Connell

2017

Social Science Research

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“…Friedberg 2000;Chiswick & Miller 2009). As opposed to the findings in Chiswick & Miller (2003), it is found that good language skills are not complementary to origin country education level.…”

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“…Friedberg 2000;Chiswick & Miller 2009), i.e. the hypothesis that qualifications acquired in the country of origin are transferable to the labour market in the destination country, 2) The skill complementarity hypothesis (Chiswick & Miller 2003), and in particular, how language proficiency complement the usefulness of qualifications from the country of origin and 3) The educational reinvestment hypothesis: that qualifications from the country of origin matters indirectly for labour market attachment in the destination country, because it makes investment in education in the destination country more feasible (e.g.…”

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The Importance of Origin and Destination Country Skills for Labour Market Attachment of Immigrants from Pakistan, Iran and Turkey

Arendt¹,

Nielsen

Jakobsen

2016

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

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This study explores how qualifications acquired prior to migration affect employment of adult immigrants in the destination country. It explores the direct effect as well as indirect effects arising through destination country investments. The study combines survey information on destination country language proficiency and education level from the country of origin with administrative records on employment and education acquired in the destination country. The results neither show evidence of direct transferability nor of indirect employment gains from foreign skills when complemented by domestic language proficiency. Yet, foreign educated do acquire more education in the destination country, that raises their employment.

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“…19 See Chiswick and Miller, 2009 While the PCA index including all social capital variables becomes insignificant for both the higher educated natives and immigrants, interesting results are obtained when distinguishing between social participation, friends and support and reciprocity and trust. The results indicate that friends and support decrease the incidence of overeducation for male immigrants.…”

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Social networks and the labour market mismatch

Kalfa

Piracha

2017

J Popul Econ

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The international transferability of immigrants’ human capital

Cited by 422 publications

References 8 publications

Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe

Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe

The Importance of Origin and Destination Country Skills for Labour Market Attachment of Immigrants from Pakistan, Iran and Turkey

Social networks and the labour market mismatch

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