Immigrant Overeducation : Evidence from Denmark

Immigrant Overeducation : Evidence from Denmark

Anecdotes abound in the Danish public debate about well-educated immigrants that are in jobs they are formally overqualified for. Using a 1995-2002 panel data set based on Danish registers, this study attempts to find out how large a problem immigr...

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Main Author: Nielsen, Chantal Pohl
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADEQUATE EDUCATION
AGE GROUP
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DISMISSAL
EARLY RETIREMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATED WORKERS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT RATES
ETHNIC GROUPS
FOREIGN EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL SCHOOLING
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION
HOME COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRIES
HOST COUNTRY
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION POLICY
INCOME INEQUALITIES
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
JOB MATCH
JOB SKILL
JOB TRAINING
JOBS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKET EXPERIENCE
LABOUR MARKETS
LANGUAGE COURSES
LEARNING
LEGISLATORS
LET
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY SKILLS
LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOWER LEVEL OF EDUCATION
MARITAL STATUS
MIGRATION
MINIMUM WAGES
MOBILITY
MOTHER
MOTHER TONGUE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OCCUPATION
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
PAPERS
PAYING JOBS
PERMANENT JOBS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PRESENT ANALYSIS
PRESENT STUDY
PREVIOUS JOB
PREVIOUS SECTION
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC DEBATE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SELF-ASSESSMENT
SEX
SKILL LEVEL
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
SKILLED OCCUPATIONS
SKILLED WORKERS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING COSTS
UNDERACHIEVEMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
WAGE EFFECTS
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORKER
WORKFORCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7634533/immigrant-overeducation-evidence-denmark
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7104

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7634533/immigrant-overeducation-evidence-denmark
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7104

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