From: Overeducation among immigrants in Sweden: incidence, wage effects and state dependence
Region | Mean | Mode | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Correctly matched | Over-educated | Under-educated | Correctly matched | Over-educated | Under-educated |
Sweden | 71.9 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 36.0 | 33.2 | 30.8 |
Other Nordic countries | 64.5 | 11.2 | 24.3 | 36.5 | 25.3 | 38.2 |
EU15 | 56.7 | 26.6 | 16.7 | 23.9 | 43.7 | 32.4 |
Rest of Europe | 65.9 | 20.4 | 13.7 | 22.7 | 47.7 | 29.6 |
Africa | 55.1 | 26.2 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 48.6 | 33.1 |
North America | 54.9 | 32.6 | 12.5 | 22.0 | 50.0 | 28.1 |
South America | 62.9 | 20.2 | 16.9 | 24.9 | 44.3 | 30.8 |
Asia | 53.6 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 42.2 | 36.9 |
Women | ||||||
Sweden | 76.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 39.3 | 31.1 | 29.6 |
Other Nordic countries | 70.6 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 35.1 | 27.7 | 37.2 |
EU15 | 62.1 | 23.6 | 14.3 | 29.9 | 40.5 | 29.5 |
Rest of Europe | 62.4 | 23.6 | 14.0 | 25.4 | 48.6 | 26.1 |
Africa | 60.1 | 17.9 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 39.9 | 37.0 |
North America | 59.2 | 30.3 | 10.6 | 27.9 | 48.1 | 24.0 |
South America | 64.3 | 21.6 | 14.1 | 27.5 | 44.5 | 27.9 |
Asia | 55.8 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 41.3 | 34.3 |