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| July 2011 |
Occupation-Education Mismatch of Immigrant
Workers in Europe:
Context and Policies |
Mariya Aleksynska
Ahmed Tritah |
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| This paper analyses occupational matching of immigrants from over seventy countries of
origin to 22 European countries. Using European Social Survey for the years 2002-2009 and
the multinomial logit framework, we show that, relative to the native born, immigrants are
more likely to be both under- and overeducated for the jobs that they perform. This mismatch
is due to individual-specific factors, such as labor market experience and its transferability.
Immigrants’ outcomes converge to those of the native born with the years of labor market
experience. The mismatch is also due to immigrants’ selection and sorting across countries.
Notably, we show that origin countries’ degree of income inequality and the quality of human
capital, by affecting selection, mostly matter for undereducation of immigrants.
Overeducation is determined to a greater extent by destination-country economic conditions
and labor market institutions. Immigrant-specific policies in destination countries, such as
those improving eligibility and fighting discrimination, also positively affect overall
matching, while policies promoting integration decrease undereducation. |
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| Immigration, occupational mismatch, overeducation, ORU realized
matches, migration policies |
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| I21, J24, J61, F22 |
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