The International Transferability of Immigrants' Human Capital

Autor/inn/en	Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W.
Titel	The International Transferability of Immigrants' Human Capital
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 28 (2009) 2, S.162-169 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.07.002
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Labor Market; Probability; Immigration; Immigrants; Education Work Relationship; Educational Status Comparison; Trend Analysis; Educational Attainment; Prior Learning; Cross Cultural Studies; Reentry Students; International Studies; Labor Economics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Soziokultureller Vergleich; Trendanalyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Vorkenntnisse; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Internationaler Studiengang; Arbeitsökonomie
Abstract	This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the US, using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor market entrants, while undereducation is more likely among older workers. Among immigrants, greater pre-immigration labor market experience is associated with poorer job matches, presumably due to the less-than-perfect international transferability of foreign experience. A longer duration in the US, however, is associated with a lower probability of being overeducated and a greater probability of being undereducated. This is consistent with immigrants being favorably selected for occupational advancement but this effect becomes realized only after overcoming the disadvantages of the less-than-perfect international transferability of their pre-immigration skills. (Contains 5 tables and 6 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10