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

Table 3 Transition matrix of education mismatch between home country and 17 months after arrival in Australia (Cohort 1&2)

Education mismatch in home country	Education mismatch in Australia – 17 months after arrival
	Unemployed	Over-educated	Correctly matched	Under-educated	Total
Not working	37.45	14.74	31.87	15.94	100
Over-educated	20.62	50.52	28.35	0.52	100
Correctly matched	14.83	18.15	63.47	3.54	100
Under-educated	22.30	3.60	26.76	47.34	100
Total	19.51	16.87	48.30	15.32	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.