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Relations between immigration and adult skills: findings based on PIAAC

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  • Lind, Patrik

    (IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy)

  • Mellander, Erik

    (IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy)

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The international survey of adult skills, PIAAC, records large differences in numeracy and literacy skills between immigrants and non-immigrants. We examine how these differences relate to the countries’ average skills and skill rankings. Immigrants are defined by country of birth or in terms of languages spoken. For almost all countries, the differences in average skills between non-immigrants and the country’s entire population are significant but small. Regarding skill rankings significant differences are found only for Sweden and these are found to be sensitive to the treatment of individuals that could not conduct the skill tests due to language difficulties.

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  • Lind, Patrik & Mellander, Erik, 2016. "Relations between immigration and adult skills: findings based on PIAAC," Working Paper Series 2016:21, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
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    Keywords

    PIAAC; migration; language skills; average scores; rank uncertainty;
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    JEL classification:

    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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