Job Autonomy and Education-Skill Matches of Immigrant Workers in Germany

• Tác giả: Robert C.M Beyer
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 331.62 Immigrants and aliens
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor and Francis, 2019
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 328123
• Chủ đề: 1. ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION; 2. LABOR MARKET; 3. LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT; 4. MIGRATION; 5. SKILLED LABOR

Tóm tắt

This letter examines the determinants of occupational autonomy and education-skill matches of immigrant workers in Germany. Their jobs are characterized by much lower autonomy than those of comparable natives and the immigrant penalty decreases only minimally over time. In contrast to wages, the difference between immigrants from advanced and non-advanced countries is small. But immigrants from advanced countries are much more likely to have a job matching their qualification. The probability of a match does not increase over time for highly educated immigrants, but does for others. Highly educated immigrant women have an additional disadvantage. In some industries low autonomy and skill downgrading of immigrant workers are particularly common.