Date: 2018
Type: Article
Returns to foreign and host country qualifications : evidence from the US on the labour market placement of migrants and the second generation
Social inclusion, 2018, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 142-152
LO IACONO, Sergio, DEMIREVA, Neli, Returns to foreign and host country qualifications : evidence from the US on the labour market placement of migrants and the second generation, Social inclusion, 2018, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 142-152
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The integration of migrants in the US economic system is a central concern of policy-makers and scholars. A faster and smoother assimilation of valuable human capital would indeed benefit the labour market, increasing its efficiency. To investigate the integration of minorities and migrants in the US labour market, we employ data from the Current Population Survey from June 2016 (the primary source of labour force statistics in the US). We focus on the following ethnic groups: White, Black, Asian, and Other (a combination of Native Americans, Pacific and Mixed). For each ethnicity we consider if respondents are US born, 1st- or 2nd-generation of immigrant descent. Among 1st-generation migrants, we further differentiate between recent (in the country for 10 years or less) and long (in the country for more than 10 years) arrivals, as they are likely to have different levels of social capital and knowledge of the job market. We focus on three very relevant labour market outcomes: being employed, being employed in a public sector job and working in a professional or managerial position. Our results indicate better placement of individuals with tertiary degrees, an effect particularly important among women. Minorities in the public sector have made some important gains in terms of occupational attainment parity with the white majority.
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Publication Date 30 July 2018; Under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/57384
Full-text via DOI: 10.17645/si.v6i3.1509
ISSN: 2183-2803
Publisher: Cogitatio Press
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