Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92261 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
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[Journal:] IZA Journal of Migration [ISSN:] 2193-9039 [Volume:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 1-18
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
The quality dimension of immigrant human capital has received little attention in the economic assimilation literature. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how human capital acquired in different source countries may be adjusted according to its quality in the Canadian labor market. This is achieved by deriving quality-adjustment indices using data from the 2001 Canadian census. These indices are then used to examine the role of schooling quality in explaining differential returns to schooling and over-education rates by country-of-origin. The key finding is that accounting for schooling quality virtually eliminates native-immigrant gaps in returns to schooling and the incidence of over-education. The quality of human capital is important for understanding the economic integration of immigrants.
Subjects: 
economic integration
returns to schooling
over-education
schooling quality
human capital
immigrants
JEL: 
F22
I2
J15
J31
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