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You Can't Take It with You? Immigrant Assimilation and the Portability of Human Capital

2000; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/209957

1537-5307

Rachel M. Friedberg,

Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

The national origin of an individual's human capital is a crucial determinant of its value. Education and labor market experience acquired abroad are significantly less valued than human capital obtained domestically. This difference can fully explain the earnings disadvantage of immigrants relative to comparable natives in Israel. Variation in the return to foreign schooling across origin countries may reflect differences in its quality and compatibility with the host labor market. The return to foreign experience is generally insignificant. Acquiring additional education following immigration appears to confer a compound benefit by raising the return to education acquired abroad.