The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied … incidence, wage effects and state dependence in overeducation among natives and immigrants. In line with previous research we … find a higher incidence and a lower return to overeducation among immigrants indicating that immigrants lose more from …

This paper brings new evidence to the existing literature on earnings differentials and returns to human capital for … immigrants and natives. It is the first paper analysing this topic using data drawn from the Italian Labour Force Survey, a large … nationally representative dataset. We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower for immigrants as compared to …

This paper explores the impact of Spanish language proficiency on immigrant earnings in Spain using an instrumental …

This paper explores the role of school quality in immigrants' home countries on their earnings in Germany, using native … gap in the returns to education between natives and immigrants in Germany, especially when we consider the quality of … schooling in the source country where education was obtained. In particular, lower school quality reduces the endowment …

the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force …

We provide first evidence on the relationship between cognitive abilities and earnings in Germany using data from the … earnings. In line with studies for other countries, we find that ability and education are inseparable determinants of earnings. …

-generation immigrants have fewer years of schooling than native-born Germans and have a disproportionate share of lower educational … immigrants in Germany by identifying the determinants of differences in educational stocks for first- and second …-generation immigrants in comparison to individuals without a migration background. Our results show that on average, first …

In den drei großen europäischen Ländern Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien sowie in den USA stellen Einwanderer … deutlich schlechter als die Lage von Einheimischen. Allerdings zeigt ein Vergleich von Einwanderern und Einheimischen mit … demselben Bildungsniveau, dass sich die Probleme in den europäischen Ländern und den USA grundlegend unterscheiden. In Europa …