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dc.contributor.authorChiswick, B.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:31:49Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:31:49Z
dc.date.created2014-10-08T03:10:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationChiswick, B. and Miller, P. 2009. International transferability of immigrants’ human capital. Economics of Education Review. 28 (2): pp. 162-169.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47200
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.07.002
dc.description.abstract

This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the US, using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor market entrants, while undereducation is more likely among older workers. Among immigrants, greater pre-immigration labor market experience is associated with poorer job matches, presumably due to the less-than-perfect international transferability of foreign experience. A longer duration in the US, however, is associated with a lower probability of being overeducated and a greater probability of being undereducated. This is consistent with immigrants being favorably selected for occupational advancement but this effect becomes realized only after overcoming the disadvantages of the less-than-perfect international transferability of their pre-immigration skills.

dc.publisherPergamon
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectSkill transferability
dc.subjectImmigrants
dc.subjectOccupational attainment
dc.titleInternational transferability of immigrants’ human capital
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume28
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage162
dcterms.source.endPage169
dcterms.source.issn0272-7757
dcterms.source.titleEconomics of Education Review
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