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Mismatch in the Graduate Labour Market Among Immigrants and Second-Generation Ethnic Minority Groups. ESRI WP316. September 2009

Byrne, Delma and McGuinness, Seamus (2009) Mismatch in the Graduate Labour Market Among Immigrants and Second-Generation Ethnic Minority Groups. ESRI WP316. September 2009. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    This paper uses graduate survey data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and wage effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrant and ethnic minority graduates from UK universities. The paper empirically demonstrates that immigrant and second-generation ethnic minority graduates were no more likely to experience education or skill mismatch relative to their native counterparts. Furthermore, graduates from immigrant and ethnic minority backgrounds incurred overeducation and overskilling wage penalties that lie well below the level incurred by native graduates. The research stresses the importance of controlling for the effects of location-specific human capital and sample selection when undertaking studies of this nature.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > employment/labour market
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
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    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 21 Apr 2019 12:53
    Number of Pages: 31
    Last Modified: 21 Apr 2019 12:53
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87865

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