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Migrant educational mismatch and the labour market
Piracha, Matloob; Vadean, Florin - 2012
This paper reviews the literature on educational mismatch of immigrants in the labour market of destination countries. It draws on the theoretical arguments postulated in the labour economics literature and discusses their extension in the analysis of the causes and effects of immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286876
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The impact of horizontal job-education mismatches on the earnings of recent university graduates in Russia
Rudakov, Victor; Figueiredo, Hugo; Teixeira, Pedro; … - 2019
This paper analyses the determinants and consequences of horizontal job-education mismatches, an increasingly relevant topic in debates about education and labour markets. This issue reflects the articulation of educational fields and occupations in the labour market. We evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022747
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The labour market effect of immigration : accounting for effective immigrant work experience in New Zealand
Tse, Michael M. H.; Maani, Sholeh A. - 2016
This guide, updated for the 2016-17 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It provides data, reports findings from published papers, describes practical details, and includes links to online...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595162
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Skill mismatches in the EU : immigrants vs. natives
Nieto, Sandra; Matano, Alessia; Ramos, Raúl - 2013
The objective of this paper is to analyse and explain the factors behind the observed differences in skill mismatches (vertical and horizontal) between natives and immigrants in EU countries. Using microdata from the 2007 wave of the Adult Education Survey (AES), different probit models are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204506
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From engineer to taxi driver? : language proficiency and the occupational skills of immigrants
Imai, Susumu; Stacey, Derek; Warman, Casey - 2018
We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130639
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An empirical study on the migration among young skilled and creative people
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011791698
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New directions in immigration policy : Canada's evolving approach to the selection of economic immigrants
Ferrer, Ana M.; Picot, Garnett; Riddell, William Craig - 2014
Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a … market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire to shift immigration away from the three largest … cities to other regions of the country. These goals reflect the implementation of new immigration programs in the 2000s. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442319
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Labour mobility with vocational skill: Australian demand and pacific supply
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2021
How many immigrants with less than university education, for a given immigration quota, maximise economic output? The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698640
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Migrant educational mismatch and the labour market
Piracha, Matloob; Vadean, Florin - 2012
assesses the state of current literature and proposes an agenda for further research. -- immigration ; education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534001
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The International Transferability of Immigrants' Human Capital Skills
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2007
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …, greater pre-immigration labor market experience is associated with poorer job matches, presumably due to the less than perfect … international transferability of their pre-immigration skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777266