Immigrant skills and employment: Cross-country evidence from the adult literacy and life skills survey

Type:
Document
Content Type:

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 Language:

                                                English
                                              
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 Sources:

                        Governments, Statistics Norway – Research department                      
 Authors:

                                                Bratsberg, Bernt; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn
                                              
 Topics:

                        Migrant workers                      
 Knowledge Products:

                        Statistical information, Research papers                      
 Publication Date:
15 Jan 2013

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This paper studies the distributions of literacy skills, education, and employment of immigrants and natives in three host countries: Canada, the United States, and Norway. Results show that literacy skills are particularly important for groups characterized by low employment in the Norwegian labor market, consistent with the hypothesis that a compressed wage structure, employment protection, and social insurance with high replacement ratios create adverse employment effects for immigrants.

Subject Tags:

                        Labour migration, Migration policy, Education and training, Low skilled workers, Migrant workers                      
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Countries and territories:

                         Norway,
                                                 
                         Canada,
                                                 
                                                    United States of America
                                                 
Economic groups:
OECD members