Immigrants' Educational Mismatch and the Penalty of Over-Education

Kalfa, Eleni; Piracha, Matloob

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“…The more these countries differ, the greater the likelihood that immigrants will be over-educated (e.g. Friedberg, 2000;Chiswick and Miller, 2009a;Aleksynska and Tritah, 2013;Kalfa and Piracha, 2017) and the lower the returns to education for immigrants (Basilio et al, 2017).…”

Section: Educational Mismatch and Wages According To The Workers' Originmentioning

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Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics

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Section: Educational Mismatch and Wages According To The Workers' Originmentioning

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“…In other words, results suggest that over-educated workers would earn a higher wage if they could access a job that matches their educational level (e.g. Verdugo and Verdugo, 1989;Lindley, 2009;Kalfa and Piracha, 2017).…”

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Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics

2022

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Working Below Skill Level as Risk Factor for Distress Among Latin American Migrants Living in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study

Espinoza-Castro

Rueda

López

et al. 2018

J Immigrant Minority Health

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About 84,710 Latin American migrants currently live in Germany. Knowledge about their work situation in relation to their skill level and its association with mental health is limited. Therefore, the aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of working below skill level and its association with the prevalence of distress in Latin Americans living in Germany. This cross-sectional study included a convenience sample of 282 Latin American migrants living in Germany. Participants were recruited by a short online (Facebook, personal contacts) or interview-based questionnaire from November 2015 to April 2016. Questions included skill level, job category (categorized by ISCO 2008 code), socio-demographics, violence at the workplace and distress. The latter was assessed by Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire using a cut-off of 4/5. Descriptive statistics were followed by logistic regression analyses adjusting for potential confounders. About half of the study population reported symptoms of distress (45%). 63% of the population worked below skill level. 12-months prevalence of violence at the workplace was 14%. After adjustment, working below skill level was statistically significantly related to distress (odds ratio 2.80; 95% confidence interval 1.58-4.95). Working below skill level is common in Latin American migrants in Germany and may result in poor psychosocial well-being.

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Social Capital and Its Effect on Labour Market (Mis)match: Migrants’ Overqualification in Germany

Kracke

Klug

2021

Int. Migration & Integration

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If a person is overqualified in the sense that an employee’s level of training exceeds the job requirements, then some human capital lies idle and cannot be converted into appropriate (monetary and non-monetary) returns. Migrants are particularly at risk of being overqualified in their employment; however, this phenomenon cannot be fully explained by differences in human capital or socio-economic characteristics. This paper examines whether social capital plays a decisive role in migrants’ risk of overqualification in Germany. Using data from the German IAB-SOEP Migration Sample, we analyse the job search process of migrants to determine whether social networks influence their risk of being employed below their acquired educational level. We estimate logistic regression models and find that social capital influences the adequacy of migrants’ jobs: We show that migrants are at a greater risk of overqualification if they use only informal job search strategies such as relying on friends or family members. Moreover, we find that homophilous migrant networks and jobs in employment niches are risk factors for overqualification. We conclude that the combination of informal job search modes and homophilous migrant networks leads to a comparably high risk for migrants of being overqualified in their employment in the German labour market.

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Immigrants' Educational Mismatch and the Penalty of Over-Education

Cited by 6 publications

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Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics

Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Demographics and Firm Characteristics

Working Below Skill Level as Risk Factor for Distress Among Latin American Migrants Living in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study

Social Capital and Its Effect on Labour Market (Mis)match: Migrants’ Overqualification in Germany

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