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Direct linkChiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – Economics of Education Review, 2009
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the US, using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor market entrants, while undereducation is more likely among…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Labor Market, Probability, Immigration
Peer reviewedChiswick, Barry R.; And Others – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997
Examination of four Current Population Survey samples shows that schooling and work experience had smaller effects on the unemployment of immigrants than of native white men; despite initial difficulties in finding work, immigrants quickly attain comparable employment/unemployment rates; and immigrants are somewhat more vulnerable to economic…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Human Capital
Download full textChiswick, Barry R.; DebBurman, Noyna – 2003
This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the largely ignored issue of the determinants of the educational attainment of adults by immigrant generation. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, differences in educational attainment are analyzed by immigrant generation (first, second, and higher order generations), and among…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using data from the 1991 Census of Canada. It examines whether destination language skills are complements to or substitutes in generating earnings with respect to other kinds of human capital (schooling and pre- and post-migration labor market…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – 2002
This paper examines the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves), discussing reasons for the formation of those concentrations. It develops hypotheses regarding "ethnic goods" (market and non-market goods and services consumed by members of an immigrant/ethnic group that are not consumed by others), the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Economic Factors, English (Second Language), Ethnic Distribution
Peer reviewedChiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – Economics of Education Review, 1994
Analyzes the determinants of postimmigration investments in education by adult immigrants, using survey data for Australia and OLS, logit, and multinomial logit analysis. Postimmigrration educational attainment varies negatively with age at arrival and positively with duration in destination and preimmigration schooling and occupational status.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedChiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – Economics of Education Review, 2003
Analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada. Finds that earnings increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with proficiency in the official languages (English and French). Using selective correction techniques, finds that greater proficiency in the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries
