Note: This workshop is offered through our SABES partnership with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), so you will register directly via AIR here, not via the SABES calendar.

Join this AIR presentation and discussion on findings from a recent Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) research paper that investigates the factors associated with education-job mismatches (i.e., when a worker’s education level is above or below the average level for their occupation) among immigrant and native workers. In the paper, the authors used the U.S. PIAAC 2012/2014 data to address the following research questions:

1. What is the extent of education-job mismatch for workers by immigrant generation?
2. What factors are associated with overeducation for immigrant workers?

The researchers document the patterns of education-job mismatch and analyze how the incidence of mismatch differs by demographic characteristics among U.S.-born and foreign-born workers. The findings indicate that overeducation is more prevalent among foreign-born workers and second-generation workers (i.e., those whose parents are foreign-born). The authors also find that a good command of English mitigates the chances of overeducation for immigrant workers while the length of stay in the United States does not.

Registrants will have the opportunity to participate in small and large group discussions to explore implication of the results on policy and program development.



Presenters: Margarita Pivovarova and Jeanne M. Powers, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University

Discussant: Robert Lerman, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute

Moderator: Stephen Provasnik, International Activities Branch Chief, National Center for Education Statistics