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

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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Year of publication:	2005-09
Authors:	Hartog, Joop ; Zorlu, Aslan
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	immigrants \| refugees \| education \| earnings \| employment

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 1753 31 pages
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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