How important is homeland education for refugees' economic position in the Netherlands?

We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by immigration officers. Such data are seldom available. We investigate the quality and reliability of the registrations and then use them to assess effects on refugees' economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable finding is the absence of returns to higher education.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Hartog, Joop ; Zorlu, Aslan
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Bildungsniveau \| Flüchtlinge \| Lohnniveau \| Berufliche Integration \| Niederlande \| immigrants \| refugees \| education \| earnings \| employment

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 1753
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	500644225 [GVK] hdl:10419/33409 [Handle]
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Source:	EconStor

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