 Over‐Education and Ethnic Minorities in BritainH. Battu and Peter Sloane Manchester School, 2004, vol. 72, issue 4, 535-559 Abstract: This study examines the utilization of education across ethnic minorities in the UK. In particular, we examine the incidence of mismatch between educational qualifications and occupational attainment, the determinants of any mismatch and the consequences for earnings and other labour market outcomes. Using a modal measure of required education across 60 occupations we find that different ethnic groups have varying levels of over‐education with the highest incidence being amongst the Indian and African‐Asian groups. When we introduce controls we find that the African‐Asians are more likely to be both over‐ and under‐ educated relative to Indians (the omitted group), but this is reversed for those born in the UK. Foreign qualifications increase the likelihood of over‐education for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis but reduce it for African‐Asians. Language fluency increases the likelihood of mismatch. The results from our earnings regressions support previous work in relation to the returns to over‐education, required education and under‐education, though with differences between native and immigrant non‐whites. Date: 2004 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:manchs:v:72:y:2004:i:4:p:535-559 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Manchester School is currently edited by Keith Blackburn More articles in Manchester School from University of Manchester Contact information at EDIRC. |
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