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- Title
The Impact of Origin and Host Country Schooling on the Economic Performance of Immigrants.
- Authors
Kanas, Agnieszka; Van Tubergen, Frank
- Abstract
This study examines the economic returns to schooling acquired in the country of origin and the country of destination. It uses large-scale survey data on Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese and Antillean immigrants in the Netherlands, which contain direct measures of pre- and post-migration schooling. It is studied whether the returns to origin-country schooling depend on contextual factors: i.e., immigrant group and the region of living. Furthermore, we examine the importance of host-country schooling for labor market outcomes and if these can be partly explained by increasing contacts with natives. Results show that the returns to origin-country schooling are higher for Surinamese and Antillean immigrants (i.e., those originating from former Dutch colonies) than for immigrants from Turkey and Morocco. The returns to origin-country schooling are not affected by ethnic concentration in the region of living. Finally, it appears that the returns to host-country schooling are much larger than to origin-country schooling, and the higher returns to host-country schooling cannot be explained by increased social contacts with natives.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of immigrants; EMPLOYMENT &; education; SCHOOL-to-work transition; MULTICULTURAL education; SURINAMESE foreign workers; TURKISH foreign workers; ECONOMIC impact of emigration &; immigration; ETHNIC discrimination
- Publication
Social Forces, 2009, Vol 88, Issue 2, p893
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sof.0.0269