How Important is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in the Netherlands?
31 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2005
Date Written: September 2005
Abstract
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.
Keywords: immigrants, refugees, education, earnings, employment
JEL Classification: I21, J31, J61
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Hartog, Joop and Zorlu, Aslan, How Important is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in the Netherlands? (September 2005). IZA Discussion Paper No. 1753, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=822724 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.822724
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