Successful due to STEM? Labour market returns to STEM qualifications among skilled immigrants in Germany

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY European Societies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1080/14616696.2023.2180809

Irena Kogan, Jule Schabinger

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ABSTRACT Against the growing demand for the STEM labour force, the study examines labour market returns to STEM qualifications among immigrants who arrived in Germany since the 1980s. Analysing the German microcensus data for years 2015 and 2016, we demonstrate that skilled immigrants with STEM qualifications largely attain better labour market outcomes in Germany compared to immigrants without STEM qualifications, thus narrowing the gap to their native-born counterparts. Male immigrants succeed in utilizing their STEM capital better than female immigrants, but all immigrants face difficulties in translating their STEM qualifications into STEM employment. Our analyses further focus on returns to various STEM qualifications, attesting that medical qualifications are especially beneficial for Germany’s female immigrants. The analysis of heterogeneous effects of STEM qualifications across major migrant groups reveals that Eastern European male immigrants make the best of their STEM qualifications, whereas among women, STEM qualified from Turkey or MENA countries are the most successful. These and other findings are discussed both from the supply and demand sides of the labour market.

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STEM的成功?德国技术移民的STEM资格在劳动力市场回归

针对对STEM劳动力日益增长的需求，该研究调查了自20世纪80年代以来抵达德国的移民的STEM资格的劳动力市场回报。分析德国2015年和2016年的微观人口普查数据，我们证明，与没有STEM资格的移民相比，拥有STEM资格的技术移民在德国的劳动力市场上取得了更好的成果，从而缩小了与本土出生的移民的差距。男性移民比女性移民更能成功地利用他们的STEM资本，但所有移民在将STEM资格转化为STEM就业方面都面临困难。我们的分析进一步关注了各种STEM资格证书的回报，证明医学资格证书对德国女性移民尤其有利。对主要移民群体中STEM资格的异质效应的分析表明，东欧男性移民在STEM资格方面表现最好，而在女性中，来自土耳其或中东和北非国家的STEM资格最成功。本文从劳动力市场的供给和需求两方面对这些和其他发现进行了讨论。

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