This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education … (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized …, by level of skill, and by occupation. While point estimates differ, particularly when earnings equations are estimated …

international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the … are considered include age, education, gender, family structure, costs of migration, linguistic distance, duration in the …

that earnings are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the …

native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …

This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …

This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for … earnings gains associated with years of schooling derives from inter-occupational mobility. When occupation is held constant …

/required education/undereducation (ORU) framework (Hartog, 2000) and a decomposition of the native-born/foreign-born differential in the …

uses the Overeducation/Required education/Undereducation framework (Hartog, 2000) and a decomposition developed by Chiswick … immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a … lower payoff to schooling because of the different effects under-education and over-education have on their earnings. The …

paper uses the Over-education/ Required education/Under-education specification of the earnings equation to explore the … years of under-education. A set of predictions is presented to assess the relative importance of these channels, and the … over-education channel is shown to be the more influential factor. This channel is linked to greater positive selection in …

This paper examines the incidence of the mismatch of the educational attainment and the occupation of employment, and … high-skilled adult male native-born workers are also presented for comparison purposes. The results show that over-education … is widespread in the high-skilled US labor market, both for immigrants and the native born. The extent of over-education …