Migration and Overeducation of Venezuelans in the Colombian Labor Market

Jhon Mora Rodriguez (), Maribel Castillo Caicedo () and Gustavo Adolfo Gómez ()
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Maribel Castillo Caicedo: Universidad del Valle
Gustavo Adolfo Gómez: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2022, vol. 65, issue 2, No 12, 503-517

Abstract: Abstract Using the Great Integrated Household Survey database (GEIH) 2018, this article analyzes the overeducation situation of the Colombian workers compared with the Venezuelan migrant population. We study a cohort that migrated five years ago and a cohort that migrated one year ago. Results show a greater overeducation for Venezuelans who arrived in the first migration wave than for Venezuelans who arrived in the second migration wave. Undereducation was found for Venezuelans who arrived more recently. We find that overeducation, required education, undereducation returns will also depend on the migration situation and individual and regional characteristics. The ORU econometric models allow characterizing the Venezuelan workforce compared with the Colombian workforce in 2018.

Keywords: Migration; Overeducation; Geographic labor mobility; Immigrant workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I26 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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