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Returns to Pre-Immigration Education for Non-Western Immigrants: Why so Low?
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Hardoy, Inés; Schøne, Pål – Education Economics, 2014
The main purpose of this paper is to analyse the return to pre-immigration education for non-western immigrants, and explain why it is so low. Returns to one extra year of education is three times higher for ethnic Norwegians than for non-western immigrants. Using the method "Over-Required-Under" (ORU) education approach, we reveal that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Immigrants, Educational Attainment