independent of the measure of the usual or reference level of education used in the analyses. -- Immigrants ; skill ; schooling … ; occupations ; earnings ; rates of return …This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation …

of the lower payoff to schooling among immigrants in the US. -- immigrants ; schooling ; school quality ; earnings …. This paper examines whether this differential is related to the quality of the schooling immigrants acquired abroad. The … is associated with a higher payoff to schooling among immigrants in the US labor market. This higher payoff is associated …

This paper analyzes the impact of missionary activity on English language proficiency and labor market earnings of all … immigrants to the United States by using the pooled files of the American Community Survey (2005-09). We consider the colonial … immigrants from countries with a high concentration of Protestant missionaries tend to exhibit higher levels of English …

regression, we inspect the earnings effects of job mismatches for immigrants in Australia. This first application of the method … earnings distribution. Immigrants from non-English speaking countries experience lower earnings returns and a substantial … penalty based on regression at the mean, at the highest earnings quantile, both Australian-born and immigrants from non …

investigate the match between education and occupation and resulting earnings effects for immigrants from English Speaking, and …The recent literature on overeducation has provided divergent results on whether or not overeducation bears an earnings … penalty. In addition, few studies have considered overeducation among immigrants. This paper uses panel data analyses to …

-related human capital. (1) A general importance is demonstrated in the empirical evidence on earnings and employment effects of …

results. -- Immigrants ; schooling ; rates of return …In this paper we examine whether where one acquires their human capital matters in earnings regressions. We focus on a …

This paper considers the labor market assimilation of immigrants in terms of earnings and employment (employment …, the pattern of negative assimilation is observed. -- immigrants ; assimilation ; earnings ; hours worked ; employment … country (ESDC). Among men in general, 'negative assimilation' is found for immigrants from the ESDC, and positive assimilation …

estimations indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that sheepskin …