Immigrant over- and under-education: the role of home country labour market experience

Table 2 Transition matrix of education mismatch between home country and 5 months after arrival in Australia (Cohort 1&2)

Education mismatch in home country	Education mismatch in Australia – 5 months after arrival
	Unemployed	Over-educated	Correctly matched	Under-educated	Total
Not working	46.81	12.77	28.37	12.06	100
Over-educated	39.11	41.13	19.35	0.40	100
Correctly matched	26.50	11.98	59.21	2.31	100
Under-educated	33.96	2.80	16.98	46.26	100
Total	31.35	12.53	42.99	13.13	100

Note: The “Not working” subgroup in the case of “education-occupation mismatch in the home country” includes besides unemployed also individuals that were not in the labour force, since some of them are employed or are looking for a job once in Australia.