TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hartog, Joop
AU  - Zorlu, Aslan
        TI  - How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in The Netherlands?
        PY  - 2005/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1753
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1753
        AB  - We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by immigration officers. Such data are seldom available. We investigate the quality and reliability of the registrations and then use them to assess effects on refugees' economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable finding is the absence of returns to higher education.
        KW  - immigrants
KW  - refugees
KW  - education
KW  - earnings
KW  - employment
        ER  -