How important is homeland education for refugees' economic position in the Netherlands?

Arbeitspapier

We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by immigration officers. Such data are seldom available. We investigate the quality and reliability of the registrations and then use them to assess effects on refugees' economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable finding is the absence of returns to higher education.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1753

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigrants ; refugees ; education ; earnings ; employment ; Bildungsniveau ; Flüchtlinge ; Lohnniveau ; Berufliche Integration ; Niederlande

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hartog, Joop ; Zorlu, Aslan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/33409
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET