immigrants from different countries and arriving under different immigration policy regimes vary in their probability of over …-qualification. The results suggest that both country of origin (sending factor) and immigration policy (selecting factor) matter and that …

effect on the ratio of high-skilled to low-skilled migrants. Simplifying restrictions on substitutability across destinations …

-border transferability of occupational human capital. We then test the empirical implications using the skill requirements of pre- and post-immigration … cognitive skills, but relied less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations …