How do Latin American migrants in the U.S. stand on schooling premium? What does it reveal about education quality in their home countries?
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- Daniel Alonso-Soto & Hugo Nopo, 2018. "How do Latin American migrants in the USA stand on schooling premium? What does it reveal about education quality in their home countries?," International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 39(6), pages 855-879, September.
- Alonso-Soto, Daniel & Ñopo, Hugo, 2017. "How do Latin American migrants in the U.S. stand on schooling premium? What does it reveal about education quality in their home countries?," Avances de Investigación 0029, Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE).
- Alonso-Soto, Daniel & Nopo, Hugo R., 2017. "How Do Latin American Migrants in the U.S. Stand on Schooling Premium? What Does It Reveal about Education Quality in Their Home Countries?," IZA Discussion Papers 11030, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Schooling premium (returns to education); Wage differentials; Immigrant workers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2018-01-15 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2018-01-15 (Central and South America)
- NEP-LTV-2018-01-15 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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