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This paper uses linked Swiss administrative and survey data to examine the relationship between educational mismatch in the labour market and emigration decisions, carrying out the analysis for both Swiss native and previous immigrant workers. In turn, migrants' decisions separate returning home...
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We study whether Australian employers recognise immigrants' education acquired abroad, and if so how. Using data from … immigrants from non-OECD countries are the ones who can gain the most from obtaining further education in Australia, and that … targeted rather than generic policies in this area could reduce the extent of the education-occupation mismatch amongst …
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This paper estimates the returns to education of rural-urban migrants during the period of transition of China … of education completed. Returns to formal schooling for migrants remained stable at approximately 3% and 5% throughout … rural migrants and for the governments funding education in emigration regions …
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schooling quality in the country of education or employers' discrimination in the host country. The quasi-experiment is the … education was completed to test empirically which determinant most affects the returns to foreign education. Since the … of education and the host country. The analysis is based on the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The …
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Australian data from the Graduate Destination survey and a two-stage estimation methodology. The results suggest that average …
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-educated labour force is under-utilised relative to their level of education, echoing findings from an expanding international …
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This paper investigates the effects of labour migration and openness to trade on regional skill endowments across the European Union at a time of increased economic integration. Using regional data from Eurostat's Regio database and the open web source Openflight for the period 1998-2010 we test...
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This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a...
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