The Overeducation of Immigrants in Europe
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Michael Dinerstein & Rigissa Megalokonomou & Constantine Yannelis, 2022.
"Human Capital Depreciation and Returns to Experience,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(11), pages 3725-3762, November.
- Michael Dinerstein & Rigissa Megalokonomou & Constantine Yannelis, 2020. "Human Capital Depreciation and Returns to Experience," NBER Working Papers 27925, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Hartog, Joop, 2000. "Over-education and earnings: where are we, where should we go?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 131-147, April.
- Noam Angrist & Simeon Djankov & Pinelopi K. Goldberg & Harry A. Patrinos, 2021.
"Measuring human capital using global learning data,"
Nature, Nature, vol. 592(7854), pages 403-408, April.
- Angrist, Noam & Djankov, Simeon & Goldberg, Pinelopi K. & Patrinos, Harry A., 2021. "Measuring human capital using global learning data," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 110409, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Jonah B. Gelbach, 2016. "When Do Covariates Matter? And Which Ones, and How Much?," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 34(2), pages 509-543.
- Séamus McGuinness, 2006. "Overeducation in the Labour Market," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(3), pages 387-418, July.
- Kiker, B. F. & Santos, Maria C. & de Oliveira, M. Mendes, 1997. "Overeducation and undereducation: Evidence for Portugal," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 111-125, April.
- John Robst, 1995. "Career Mobility, Job Match, and Overeducation," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 21(4), pages 539-550, Fall.
- Richard R. Verdugo & Naomi Turner Verdugo, 1989. "The Impact of Surplus Schooling on Earnings: Some Additional Findings," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 24(4), pages 629-643.
- Cohn, Elchanan & Ng, Ying Chu, 2000. "Incidence and wage effects of overschooling and underschooling in Hong Kong," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 159-168, April.
- Dolton, Peter & Vignoles, Anna, 2000. "The incidence and effects of overeducation in the U.K. graduate labour market," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 179-198, April.
- Herbert Brücker & Albrecht Glitz & Adrian Lerche & Agnese Romiti, 2021.
"Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes,"
Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 39(2), pages 497-525.
- Brücker, Herbert & Glitz, Albrecht & Lerche, Adrian & Romiti, Agnese, 2018. "Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 12030, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Herbert Brücker & Albrecht Glitz & Adrian Lerche & Agnese Romiti, 2018. "Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1818, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
- Herbert Brücker & Albrecht Glitz & Adrian Lerche & Agnese Romiti, 2018. "Occupational Recognition and Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1017, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Sicherman, Nachum & Galor, Oded, 1990.
"A Theory of Career Mobility,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 98(1), pages 169-192, February.
- Oded Galor & Nachum Sicherman, 1988. "A Theory of Career Mobility," Working Papers 1988-27, Brown University, Department of Economics.
- Galor, Oded & Sicherman, Nachum, 1988. "A Theory of Career Mobility," Working Papers 51, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
- Lex Borghans & Andries de Grip (ed.), 2000. "The Overeducated Worker?," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1860, March.
- Peter J. Sloane & Kostas Mavromaras, 2020.
"Overeducation, skill mismatches, and labor market outcomes for college graduates,"
IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 1-88, May.
- Peter J. Sloane, 2014. "Overeducation, skill mismatches, and labor market outcomes for college graduates," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 1-88, November.
- Friedberg, Rachel M, 2000.
"You Can't Take It with You? Immigrant Assimilation and the Portability of Human Capital,"
Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(2), pages 221-251, April.
- Rachel M. Friedberg, 1996. "You Can't Take It With You? Immigrant Assimilation and the Portability of Human Capital," NBER Working Papers 5837, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Chiswick, Barry R. & Miller, Paul W., 2009. "The international transferability of immigrants' human capital," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 162-169, April.
- Cohn, Elchanan & Khan, Shahina P., 1995. "The wage effects of overschooling revisited," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(1), pages 67-76, March.
- Rubb, Stephen, 2003. "Overeducation: a short or long run phenomenon for individuals?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 389-394, August.
- Felix Buchel & Antje Mertens, 2004. "Overeducation, undereducation, and the theory of career mobility," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(8), pages 803-816.
- Dieter Verhaest & Eddy Omey, 2006.
"The Impact of Overeducation and its Measurement,"
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 77(3), pages 419-448, July.
- D. Verhaest & E. Omey, 2004. "The impact of overeducation and its measurement," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 04/215, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
- Carroll, David & Tani, Massimiliano, 2013. "Over-education of recent higher education graduates: New Australian panel evidence," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 207-218.
- Paolo Martellini & Todd Schoellman & Jason Sockin, 2024.
"The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 132(2), pages 434-483.
- Paolo Martellini & Todd Schoellman & Jason A. Sockin, 2022. "The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality," Working Papers 791, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
- Chiswick, Barry R. & Miller, Paul W., 2010.
"Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?,"
Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(6), pages 1076-1085, December.
- Chiswick, Barry R. & Miller, Paul W., 2009. "Does the Choice of Reference Levels of Education Matter in the ORU Earnings Equation?," IZA Discussion Papers 4382, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel, 2011.
"Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market,"
Handbook of the Economics of Education, in: Erik Hanushek & Stephen Machin & Ludger Woessmann (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Education, edition 1, volume 4, chapter 0, pages 283-326,
Elsevier.
- Leuven, Edwin & Oosterbeek, Hessel, 2011. "Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers 5523, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Frenette, Marc, 2004. "The overqualified Canadian graduate: the role of the academic program in the incidence, persistence, and economic returns to overqualification," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 29-45, February.
- Valentine Jacobs & Benoît Mahy & François Rycx & Mélanie Volral, 2021. "Over-education among immigrants: the role of demographics, time, and firm characteristics," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(1), pages 61-78, January.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Christian K. Darko & Kennedy K. Abrokwa, 2020. "Do you really need it? Educational mismatch and earnings in Ghana," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(4), pages 1365-1392, November.
- Kampelmann, Stephan & Rycx, François, 2012.
"The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data,"
Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(6), pages 918-931.
- Stephan Kampelmann & François Rycx, 2012. "The Impact of Educational Mismatch on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Linked Panel Data," Working Papers CEB 12-038, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Kampelmann, Stephan & Rycx, François, 2012. "The Impact of Educational Mismatch on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Linked Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 7093, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Stephan Kampelmann & François Rycx, 2012. "The Impact of Educational Mismatch on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Linked Panel Data," DULBEA Working Papers 12-05, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Yih‐chyi Chuang & Chia‐Yu Liang, 2022. "Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(3), pages 1693-1712, August.
- Morsy, Hanan & Mukasa, Adamon, 2019. "Youth Jobs, Skill and Educational Mismatches in Africa," MPRA Paper 100394, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Luz A. Flórez & Leidy Gómez D., 2019. "Skill mismatch and labour turnover in a developing country: the Colombian case," Borradores de Economia 1099, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
- Brian Clark & Clément Joubert & Arnaud Maurel, 2017.
"The career prospects of overeducated Americans,"
IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 6(1), pages 1-29, December.
- Brian Clark & Arnaud Maurel & Clement Joubert, 2014. "Career Prospects of Overeducated Americans," 2014 Meeting Papers 400, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Clark, Brian & Joubert, Clement & Maurel, Arnaud, 2014. "The Career Prospects of Overeducated Americans," IZA Discussion Papers 8313, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Brian Clark & Clément Joubert & Arnaud Maurel, 2014. "The Career Prospects of Overeducated Americans," NBER Working Papers 20167, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Hanan Morsy & Adamon N. Mukasa, 2019. "Working Paper 326 - Youth Jobs, Skill and Educational Mismatches in Africa," Working Paper Series 2452, African Development Bank.
- Abbi Kedir & Andri Kyrizi & Francisco Martinez-Mora, 2012.
"Signalling and Productivity Effects of Overeducation: Is It Really a Waste of Resources?,"
Discussion Papers in Economics
12/19, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester.
- Kedir, Abbi & Kyrizi, Andri & Martínez Mora, Francisco,, 2012. "Signalling and Productivity Effects of Overeducation: Is It Really a Waste of Resources?," Working Papers 2072/203170, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
- Iñaki Iriondo & Teodosio Pérez-Amaral, 2013. "The Effect of Educational Mismatch on Wages Using European Panel Data," Working Papers 700, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
- Joaquin Turmo-Garuz & M.-Teresa Bartual-Figueras & Francisco-Javier Sierra-Martinez, 2019. "Factors Associated with Overeducation Among Recent Graduates During Labour Market Integration: The Case of Catalonia (Spain)," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 144(3), pages 1273-1301, August.
- Baktash, Mehrzad B., 2023.
"Overeducation, Performance Pay and Wages: Evidence from Germany,"
GLO Discussion Paper Series
1327, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Mehrzad B. Baktash, 2023. "Overeducation, Performance Pay and Wages: Evidence from Germany," Research Papers in Economics 2023-08, University of Trier, Department of Economics.
- Marta Palczyńska, 2021.
"Overeducation and wages: the role of cognitive skills and personality traits,"
Baltic Journal of Economics, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies, vol. 21(1), pages 85-111.
- Marta Palczyñska, 2020. "Overeducation and wages: the role of cognitive skills and personality traits," IBS Working Papers 03/2020, Instytut Badan Strukturalnych.
- Iñaki Iriondo & Teodosio Pérez-Amaral, 2013. "The Effect of Educational Mismatch on Wages Using European Panel Data," Working Papers 700, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
- Léné, Alexandre, 2011. "Occupational downgrading and bumping down: The combined effects of education and experience," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 257-269, April.
- V. Jacobs & F. Rycx & M. Volral, 2022.
"Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics,"
De Economist, Springer, vol. 170(4), pages 459-501, November.
- Valentine Jacobs & François Rycx & Mélanie Volral, 2021. "Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics," Working Papers CEB 21-018, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
- Jacobs, Valentine & Rycx, François & Volral, Mélanie, 2021. "Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics," GLO Discussion Paper Series 966, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Valentine Jacobs & François Rycx & Mélanie Volral, 2021. "Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2021025, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
- Jacobs, Valentine & Rycx, François & Volral, Mélanie, 2021. "Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers' Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics," IZA Discussion Papers 14813, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Baran Jan, 2018.
"A side effect of a university boom: rising incidence of overeducation among tertiary educated workers in Poland,"
Economics and Business Review, Sciendo, vol. 4(2), pages 41-63, June.
- Jan Baran, 2016. "A side effect of a university boom: rising incidence of overeducation among tertiary-educated workers in Poland," Working Papers 2016-22, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
- Baert, Stijn & Cockx, Bart & Verhaest, Dieter, 2013.
"Overeducation at the start of the career: Stepping stone or trap?,"
Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(C), pages 123-140.
- Stijn BAERT & Bart COCKX & Dieter VERHAEST, 2012. "Overeducation at the start of the career - stepping stone or trap?," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2012012, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
- Baert, Stijn & Cockx, Bart & Verhaest, Dieter, 2012. "Overeducation at the Start of the Career: Stepping Stone or Trap?," IZA Discussion Papers 6562, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Stijn Baert & Bart Cockx & Dieter Verhaest, 2012. "Overeducation at the Start of the Career - Stepping Stone or Trap?," CESifo Working Paper Series 3825, CESifo.
- Baert, Stijn & Cockx, Bart & Verhaest, Dieter, 2012. "Overeducation at the start of the career - stepping stone or trap?," Working Papers 2012/27, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management.
- S. Baert & B. Cockx & D. Verhaest, 2012. "Overeducation at the start of the career - stepping stone or trap?," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 12/787, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
- Philippe Wanner & Marco Pecoraro & Massimiliano Tani, 2021.
"Does Educational Mismatch Affect Emigration Behaviour?,"
European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 37(4), pages 959-995, November.
- Wanner, Philippe & Pecoraro, Marco & Tani, Massimiliano, 2021. "Does Educational Mismatch Affect Emigration Behaviour?," IZA Discussion Papers 14558, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Juan Acosta-Ballesteros & María del Pilar Osorno-del Rosal & Olga María Rodríguez-Rodríguez, 2018. "Overeducation of Young Workers in Spain: How Much Does the First Job Matter? Social Indicators Research," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 138(1), pages 109-139, July.
- Kiersztyn, Anna, 2013. "Stuck in a mismatch? The persistence of overeducation during twenty years of the post-communist transition in Poland," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 78-91.
More about this item
Keywords
EU labour markets; immigration; Skill mismatch;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2025-01-06 (European Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2025-01-06 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-INT-2025-01-06 (International Trade)
- NEP-LAB-2025-01-06 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2025-01-06 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-URE-2025-01-06 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:csl:devewp:496. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chiara Elli (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/damilit.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.