... system reform Migrants Overeducation Job mismatch Employment competition Employment discrimination Employment pressure Causal inference Mechanism analyses J15 J24 J61 J68 In recent years, the phenomenon of overeducation defined as a situation in which a worker's educational...

... 08 2025 02 01 2026 13 02 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Harris-todaro model Internal migration Unemployment Spatially seemingly unrelated regression E24 J21 J61 J64 Migration is commonly defined...

... J61 J81 Many countries are facing a shortage of high-skilled science and engineering (S&E) graduates. This particularly holds for high-tech regions that foster a country’s economic growth. This shortage of S&E workers makes it difficult for companies to attract and retain employees...

... J15 J24 J31 J61 As we rely on broadly defined self-reported questions to derive skill use levels, we recognise several limitations. First, respondents may misreport their actual skill use. Since each question appeals to both, characteristics of a job and individual effort, we can expect...

... and tertiary schooling. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Returns to education Immigrant workers Schooling premium Wage differentials I26 J31 J61 Education is critical for economic growth, poverty reduction, well-being...

... Recession Immigrant worker Labour shortage Skilled migration Wage regression J24 J61 J68 In a theoretical model, Borjas (2001) explains that lower costs of immigrants’ mobility should then result in a higher responsiveness of immigrants to economic opportunities vis-à-vis...

... reforms Labour mobility J40 J61 J68 Regarding the demographic situation in Europe, migration certainly represents one way to at least partially reduce the effects of an aging society and population decline. However, as almost all European countries face these trends, there is not much room...

... J46 J61 R23 O17 The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of remittances on informal employment in the migrants’ countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households. Using data from a large survey conducted in six transition economies...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Determinants Welfare Immigration Unemployment Legislation Employment protection Collective bargaining J61 J50 F22 Do labour market institutions influence mobility decisions of migrants? Is there any interaction between...