Education Mismatch and Return Migration in Egypt and Tunisia

Mariana-Anda David and Christophe Nordman
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Mariana-Anda David: LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The objective of this paper is to shed light on the issue of education mismatch in the context of return migration in Egypt and Tunisia. Using data on both return and non-migrants in Egypt and Tunisia, we analyze the skills that migrants acquire before and during migration and the way these skills are used upon return. We find evidence of education mismatch, especially in Tunisia. Finally, we estimate the determinants of education mismatch on the Egyptian and Tunisian labour markets and find a significant positive effect of return migration on the probability of being overeducated.

Keywords: Migration de retour; inadéquation éducative; marché du travail; Égypte; return migration; education mismatch; labor market; Tunisia; Egypt; Tunisie; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in Espace Populations Sociétés, 2017, 1

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