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

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