Brain Gain or Brain Waste? Horizontal, Vertical, and Full Job-Education Mismatch and Wage Progression among Skilled Immigrant Men in Canada

This study examines the incidence and wage effects of vertical, horizontal, and full job-education mismatch for high skilled immigrant and native-born men over a six-year period, using a Canadian longitudinal dataset. Immigrants (particularly racial minorities immigrants) are more likely to be fully...

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Published inThe International migration review Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 646 - 670
Main Authors Banerjee, Rupa, Verma, Anil, Zhang, Tingting
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2019
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Brain
Education
Immigrants
Income inequality
Longitude
Men
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Noncitizens
Wage differential
Wages & salaries
Canada
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Summary:This study examines the incidence and wage effects of vertical, horizontal, and full job-education mismatch for high skilled immigrant and native-born men over a six-year period, using a Canadian longitudinal dataset. Immigrants (particularly racial minorities immigrants) are more likely to be fully mismatched than white native-born Canadians. Full mismatch lowers initial wages, especially for racial minority immigrants. Full mismatch accelerates immigrants' wage growth slightly over time, but this is not enough to narrow the immigrant wage gap over the six-year survey period. The results highlight the importance of disaggregating the different types of job-education mismatch experienced by immigrants.
ISSN:0197-9183
1747-7379
DOI:10.1177/0197918318774501