ERIC Number: EJ1099895
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-9080
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Degrees of Closure and Economic Success in the Norwegian Labour Market: Field of Study and Non-Western Immigrant Performance
Drange, Ida
Journal of Education and Work, v29 n4 p402-426 2016
This article compares outcomes in the Norwegian labour market for non-Western immigrants and majority colleagues with professional or master's degrees within three different fields of study: health science, social science and natural science. Professions have a higher degree of occupational closure, which may entail that non-Western immigrants with relevant educations achieve economic parity with the majority. Comparing employment rates and income equality among professionals and others with a master's degree tests whether the professions in each field yield more egalitarian outcomes. The fields are analysed separately and the results show that a professional degree in natural science or social science has no equalising effect. Education leading to a health profession provides immigrants with a "labour market shelter."
Descriptors: Immigrants, Success, Employment, Labor Market, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Health Personnel, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Income, Classification, Educational Attainment, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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