the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for … schooling that are above that which is usual for a worker's occupation are associated with very low increases in earnings … earnings. This ineffective use of surplus education appears across all occupations and high-skilled education levels. Although …

This paper is concerned with why immigrants appear to have consistently lower partial effects of schooling on earnings … a small positive effect of overeducation. About two-thirds of the smaller effect of schooling on earnings for immigrants …. Immigrants have a wider variance in schooling, with an especially large proportion undereducated given the average schooling …

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 …

than to the individual's level of schooling. -- Immigrants ; skill ; schooling ; occupations ; earnings ; rates of return … the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for … schooling that are above that which is usual for a worker's occupation are associated with very low increases in 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 … of the lower payoff to schooling among immigrants in the US …

-educated. -- immigrants ; schooling ; occupations ; earnings ; rates of return … of schooling typical for a given occupation. The return to usual years of schooling across different occupations is found …' education in a certain occupation, there is no additional reward in earnings for natives compared to foreign workers. Immigrants …

of schooling typical for a given occupation. The return to usual years of schooling across different occupations is found …’ education in a certain occupation, there is no additional reward in earnings for natives compared to foreign workers. Immigrants …

This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation …, by level of skill, and by occupation. While point estimates differ, particularly when earnings equations are estimated …, the answers provided to the typical research questions in the ORU literature on the utilization of schooling are …

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 …