Immigrant Overeducation : Evidence from Denmark

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dc.creatorNielsen, Chantal Pohl
dc.date2012-06-05T15:05:29Z
dc.date2012-06-05T15:05:29Z
dc.date2007-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:25:13Z
dc.descriptionAnecdotes 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 immigrant overeducation is in the context of the Danish labor market. More specifically, three questions are posed: First, to what extent are immigrants overeducated and are they more likely to be so than native Danes? Second, why are some immigrants more likely to become overeducated than others? And finally, what are the consequences of overeducation for individual wages? The authors find that among wage earners with at least a vocational education or higher, 25 percent of male non-Western immigrants are overeducated. The same applies for 15 percent of native Danes. Particularly immigrants with a foreign-acquired education risk becoming overeducated - here the share is 30 percent among those with a vocational education or higher. The authors find that Danish labor market experience is extremely important in reducing the likelihood of becoming overeducated. Years spent in the country without accumulating labor market experience do not improve an individual's chances of an appropriate job-to-education match. In terms of earnings consequences, the study concludes that years of overeducation do increase wages for immigrants, but much less so than years of adequate education. This is also true for native Danes, but the relative penalty for overeducation is much larger for immigrants than for Danes.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7634533/immigrant-overeducation-evidence-denmark
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7104
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4234
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417922
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4234
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADEQUATE EDUCATION
dc.subjectAGE GROUP
dc.subjectCOUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectDISMISSAL
dc.subjectEARLY RETIREMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATED WORKERS
dc.subjectEDUCATION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectEMPLOYEE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectFOREIGN EDUCATION
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectFORMAL SCHOOLING
dc.subjectFORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectHIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectHOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
dc.subjectJOB MATCH
dc.subjectJOB SKILL
dc.subjectJOB TRAINING
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKETS
dc.subjectLANGUAGE COURSES
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLEGISLATORS
dc.subjectLET
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLITERACY SKILLS
dc.subjectLOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOWER LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectMARITAL STATUS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMINIMUM WAGES
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectMOTHER TONGUE
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectON-THE-JOB TRAINING
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPAYING JOBS
dc.subjectPERMANENT JOBS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPRESENT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPRESENT STUDY
dc.subjectPREVIOUS JOB
dc.subjectPREVIOUS SECTION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY LEVELS
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC DEBATE
dc.subjectQUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subjectSELF-ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSKILL LEVEL
dc.subjectSKILL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectSKILLED OCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectTRAINING COSTS
dc.subjectUNDERACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECTS
dc.subjectWORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectWORKFORCE
dc.titleImmigrant Overeducation : Evidence from Denmark

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