Pursuing Post-Secondary Education in the Host Country and the Occupational Attainment of Highly Educated Immigrants to Canada

Autor/in	Adamuti-Trache, Maria
Titel	Pursuing Post-Secondary Education in the Host Country and the Occupational Attainment of Highly Educated Immigrants to Canada
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 29 (2016) 2, S.143-166 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2014.918942
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Postsecondary Education; Immigrants; Employment Level; Occupational Aspiration; Educational Attainment; Adults; Educational Status Comparison; Relevance (Education); Economic Progress; Human Capital; Data Collection; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Beschäftigungsgrad; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Soziokultureller Vergleich; Relevance; Relevanz; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Humankapital; Data capture; Datensammlung; Kanada
Abstract	This paper examines the occupational attainment of highly educated adult immigrants by employing a secondary analysis of three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada that provide data on immigrant arrivals in 2000-2001. Occupational attainment is described in terms of matching immigrants' pre-migration occupation with the main occupation reported 4?years since arrival. An occupational match typology based on skill level and skill type is developed and examined in the study in relation to socio-demographic factors, human capital characteristics, cultural factors and dispositional and situational factors. The primary focus is on the relationship between occupational matching and choice of post-secondary education (PSE) (including non-participation) pathways in Canada. Study findings show that occupational match rates are relatively low. However, notable differences are obtained for highly educated immigrants choosing to take further education in Canada, particularly at university level, which supports the argument that investment in host country PSE is a strategy to improve employment and occupational outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01