The Market Worth of Immigrants' Educational Credentials

By Peter S. Li. 2001

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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The Credentialing Problems of Foreign Trained Personnel from Asia and Africa Intending to Make their Home in Canada: A Social Psychological Perspective (2007, background): “Unlike research using a human capital approach (Anisef et al. 2003; Basavarajappa and Jones 1999; Grant and Oertel 1998; Grant and Sweetman 2004; Li 2000, 2001, 2003; Pendakur and Pendakur 2000 ;P icot2004 ;R eitz2001), the results from these three questionnaire studies give voice to the concerns ”
A Longitudinal Study of ESL Learners' Fluency and Comprehensibility Development. (2007, background): “Li’s (2004) research on social capital has shown that many new immigrants are incorporated into a strong L1 network on arrival, which is advantageous in the earliest stages of settlement, but which can also limit employment and other social opportunities later.”
The Impact of Origin and Host Country Schooling on the Economic Performance of Immigrants (2009, background): “Furthermore, some studies (Duvander 2001; Li 2001) only include the level of education and a dummy variable indicating whether the highest level of education was (probably) obtained in the destination country.”
Labor Market Experiences of Canadian Immigrants with Focus on Foreign Education and Experience 1 (2009, background): “…has been documented by previous research (McDade, 1988; Rajagopal, 1990; deSilva, 1992; Basran and Zong, 1998; Wanner, 1998; Pendakur, 2000; Li, 2001; Bauder, 2003; Adamuti-Trache and Sweet, 2005), the present study proposes a methodological sophistication in the study of foreign…”
Immigrant entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the survey of business owners 2007 & 2012 (2020, unknown): “This is often due to an under-recognition of education and experience gained in their home country (e.g., Batalova et al., 2008; Friedberg, 2000; Li, 2001), as it is more difficult for employers to assess foreign school quality or validate credentials compared to a domestic candidate.”