Education-occupation mismatch of migrants in the Italian labour market: the effect of social networks

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Van Wolleghem, Pierre Georges
Date Issued
March 9, 2020
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Immigrazione
Istruzione
Occupazione
Abstract
Whilst migration has become a structural feature of most European countries, the integration of foreigners in the labour market continues to raise concerns. Evidence across countries shows that migrants are more often over-educated than natives. This article has two objectives: it assesses the extent to which over-education affects migrants and it evaluates the role informal networks play in producing it. We find that foreigners are more over-educated than natives but that the role of networks is consistent across the two groups. Empirical evidence is drawn from the application of quantitative and counter-factual methods to PLUS 2018.
Citation
Van Wolleghem P.G., De Angelis., Scicchitano S. (2020), Education-occupation mismatch of migrants in the Italian labour market: the effect of social networks, Roma, INAPP, WP, 44 <https://oa.inapp.org/xmlui/handle/20.500.12916/653>
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