The Overeducation of Immigrants in Europe
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Keywords
EU labour markets; immigration; Skill mismatch;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2025-01-06 (European Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2025-01-06 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-INT-2025-01-06 (International Trade)
- NEP-LAB-2025-01-06 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2025-01-06 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-URE-2025-01-06 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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