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>> Education Indicators in Focus - No. 65

How do the educational attainment and labour market outcomes of foreign-born adults compare to their native-born peers?




>> Blog: For immigrant adults, a higher education does not always lead to equal employment opportunities


by Marie-Helene Doumet

 

  

Adult migrants in all OECD countries are a diverse group, with different profiles and levels of education. Even if they hold tertiary degrees, they are more likely to have poorer labour market outcomes, including lower earnings. Participation in the labour market is more difficult for foreign-born adults who arrived at a later age and acquired their qualifications in another country. It is important that host countries design and implement policies that will help immigrants improve their chances in their labour market, benefitting both the person and the country.

Education Indicators in Focus (EDIF) is a recurring series of briefs that highlight specific indicators in OECD’s Education at a Glance that are of particular interest to policy makers and practitioners.

They provide a detailed look into current issues in pre-primary, primary and secondary education, higher education, and adult outcomes from a global perspective, and contain an engaging mix of text, tables and charts that describe the international context of the most pressing questions in education policy and practice.


You can either access:

  • The list of EDIFs, by theme (below, in English)

 

Education Indicators in Focus, by theme

Chapter A: The output of educational institutions and the impact of learning
Education attainment (level of education of the population)
EDIF 31 How is the global talent pool changing (2013, 2030)? Blog
EDIF 5 How is the global talent pool changing? Blog
EDIF 28 Are young people attaining higher levels of education than their parents? Blog
EDIF 43 Subnational variations in educational attainment and labour market outcomes Blog
EDIF 48 A snapshot of 50 years of trends in expanding education Blog
EDIF 50 Educational attainment and investment in education in Ibero-American countries Blog
EDIF 61 How is the tertiary-educated population evolving?  Blog
     

Graduates (students who just graduate)
EDIF 37 Who are the bachelor's and master's graduates? Blog
EDIF 23 At what age do university students earn their first degree? Blog
EDIF 25 Who are the doctorate holders and where do their qualifications lead them? Blog
     
Economic and social outcomes (incentives to invest in education, performance)
EDIF 6 What are the returns on higher education for individuals and countries? Blog
EDIF 10 What are the social benefits of education? Blog
EDIF 11 How do early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies, systems and quality vary across OECD countries? Blog
EDIF 46 What influences spending on Education? Blog
EDIF 47 How are health and life satisfaction related to education?  Blog
EDIF 62

How does the earnings advantage of tertiary-educated workers evolve across generations?

 Blog
     
Labour market perspective (employment/unemployment; earnings, qualified labour force)
EDIF 1 How has the global economic crisis affect people with different levels of education? Blog
EDIF 7 How well are countries educating young people to the level needed for a job and a living wage? Blog
EDIF 16 How can countries best produce a highly-qualified young labour force? Blog
EDIF 17 Does upper secondary vocational education and training improve the prospects of young adults? Blog
EDIF 27 What are the earnings advantages from education? Blog
EDIF 34 What are the advantages today of having an upper secondary qualification? Blog
EDIF 44 Attainment and labour market outcomes among young tertiary graduates Blog
EDIF 45 Fields of education, gender and the labour market Blog
EDIF 54 Transition from school to work: How hard is it across different age groups?  Blog
EDIF 57  Is labour market demand keeping pace with the rising educational attainment of the population?  Blog
     
Equity issues (gender balance, income inequality)
EDIF 35 How do differences in social and cultural background influence access to higher education and the completion of studies? Blog
EDIF 32 Are education and skills being distributed more inclusively? Blog
EDIF 30 Education and employment - What are the gender differences? Blog
EDIF 3 How are girls doing in school – and women doing in employment – around the world? Blog
EDIF 4 How pronounced is income inequality around the world – and how can education help reduce it? Blog
EDIF 49 Gender imbalances in the teaching Blog

EDIF 55

 What are the gender differences and the labour market outcomes across the different fields of study? Blog

EDIF 59

 How does access to early childhood education services affect the participation of women in the labour market? Blog

EDIF 60

 How is depression related to education? Blog
     
 Other (innovation)
EDIF 24 How innovative is the education sector?

Blog

 
Chapter B: Financial and human resources invested in education
Public/private funding (share of private/public funding; trend in funding)
EDIF 18 What is the impact of the economic crisis on public education spending? Blog
EDIF 8 Is increasing private expenditure, especially in tertiary education, associated with less public funding and less equitable access? Blog
EDIF 41 How much do tertiary students pay and what public support do they receive? Blog
EDIF 46 What influences spending on Education? Blog
EDIF 52 Who bears the cost of early childhood education and how does it affect enrolment? Blog
EDIF 56 Who really bears the cost of education? How the burden of education expenditure shifts from the public to the private sector Blog
     

Current/capital expenditure (expenditure on teaching staff, on building...)
EDIF 12 Which factors determine the level of expenditure on teaching staff? Blog
     
Tuition fees and financial support to students
EDIF 2 How are countries around the world supporting students in higher education?

Blog

 
EDIF 51 Tuition fee reforms and international mobility
Podcast: What are the policy options in terms of foreign students’ fees, and how do they relate to current political events?

Blog
     
Chapter C: Access to education, participation and progression
Initial education (children in pre-primary to tertiary education)
EDIF 33 Focus on vocational education and training (VET) programmes Blog
EDIF 15 How are university students changing? Blog
EDIF 19 What are tertiary students choosing to study? Blog
EDIF 42 What are the benefits from early childhood education? Blog
EDIF 63 How do admission systems affect enrolment in public tertiary education? Blog
     

Adult education (continuing education, lifelong learning)
EDIF 26 Learning Begets Learning: Adult Participation in Lifelong Education Blog
     
International mobility (student studying abroad)
EDIF 14 How is international student mobility shaping up? Blog
EDIF 39

The internationalisation of doctoral and master’s studies

 Blog
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Transition from school to work (employment and education status)
EDIF 13 How difficult is it to move from school to work?

Blog

 
Chapter D: The learning environment and organisation of schools
Students' instruction time
EDIF 22 How much time do primary and lower secondary students spend in the classroom? Blog
EDIF 38 How is learning time organised in primary and secondary education? Blog
     

Teachers' characteristics
EDIF 20 How old are the teachers? Blog
EDIF 40 Teachers’ ICT and problem-solving skills: Competencies and needs Blog
     
Teachers' working conditions (teaching/working time, salaries, class size)
EDIF 21 How much are teachers paid and how much does it matter? Blog
EDIF 29 How much time do teachers spend on teaching and non-teaching activities? Blog
EDIF 9 How does class size vary around the world? Blog
EDIF 53 How have teachers' salaries evolved and how do they compare to those of tertiary-educated workers? Blog
EDIF 58 How do primary and secondary teachers compare? Blog
EDIF 64  How decentralised are education systems, and what does it mean for schools? Blog 
     
Methodology
EDIF 36  What are the benefits of ISCED 2011 classification for indicators on education?  Blog

 

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