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Employment and education-occupation mismatches of immigrants and their children in the netherlands: comparisons with the native majority group
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Abstract This study examines the labor market integration of immigrants and their children in the Netherlands focusing on employment and over- and underqualification. Using data from the first wave of the Netherlands Longitudinal Life-Course Study (NELLS), the analysis shows disadvantages in employment proba... view more
This study examines the labor market integration of immigrants and their children in the Netherlands focusing on employment and over- and underqualification. Using data from the first wave of the Netherlands Longitudinal Life-Course Study (NELLS), the analysis shows disadvantages in employment probabilities for men and women from different foreign origin groups compared to the Dutch majority even after accounting for differences in human capital. Ethnic differences in employment probabilities are lower, but still visible, when comparing only respondents who obtained post-secondary education in the Netherlands. Further, first-generation immigrant men from Turkey and Morocco are at higher risk of being overeducated than Dutch majority men whereas this is not the case for second generation men and first- and secondgeneration minority women. Substantial ethnic difference in the likelihood of being undereducated are not prevalent. Having a foreign compared to a Dutch degree is related to lower labor market outcomes, but this negative relation is more pronounced for women than for men. Finally, there is some indication that overeducation is somewhat less common in the public sector than in the private sector, but minorities do not benefit more from this than the Dutch majority.... view less
Keywords
Netherlands; immigration; migrant; integration; level of education; level of qualification; over qualification; public sector; ethnicity; gainful work; human capital; man; woman; first generation; second generation
Classification
Labor Market Research
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Sociology of Economics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 119-141
Journal
Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3
Issue topic
The race for highly-skilled workers
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i3.1452
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed