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How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in The Netherlands?

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  • Hartog, Joop

    () (University of Amsterdam)

  • Zorlu, Aslan

    () (University of Amsterdam)

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We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by immigration officers. Such data are seldom available. We investigate the quality and reliability of the registrations and then use them to assess effects on refugees' economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable finding is the absence of returns to higher education.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1753.

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Length: 31 pages
Date of creation: Sep 2005
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Publication status: published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (1), 219-246
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  1. Miguel Angel Alcobendas & Néria Rodréquez-Planas, 2010. "Immigrants' Assimilation Process In A Segmented Labor Market," Working Papers 442, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
  2. Nicole Schneeweis, 2011. "Educational institutions and the integration of migrants," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 1281-1308, October.
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  8. Zorlu, Aslan, 2011. "Immigrant Participation in Welfare Benefits in the Netherlands," IZA Discussion Papers 6128, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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