The Skill Level of the Average College Graduate Varies Enormously Across Countries
Results provide more evidence that educational credentials are not sufficient for selecting 'high-skill' immigrants
By Jason Richwine on April 19, 2019
About half of recent immigrants in the United States have a four-year college degree, up from about a third before the Great Recession. Although this trend is encouraging, three recent studies from the Center show that higher levels of education among immigrants do not necessarily translate to higher levels of skill. First, despite their faster educational gains, recent immigrants have not improved relative to natives on measures of income, poverty, and welfare consumption. Second, college-educated immigrants are more likely than college-educated natives to hold low-skill jobs, especially when the immigrants are from Latin America. Third, immigrants with foreign college or advanced degrees score lower on tests of English literacy, numeracy, and computer operations compared to natives with the same level of education.
https://cis.org/Richwine/Skill-Level-Average-College-Graduate-Varies-Enormously-Across-Countries
