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Table 10 Probability of job satisfaction (probit, marginal effects)

From: Born abroad and educated here: examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe

 

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VARIABLES

Spec1

Spec2

Spec3

Male

Female

Overedjob1

−0.00

−0.00

−0.00

−0.01

−0.00

 

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.023)

(0.017)

Overskilljob1

−0.02*

−0.02*

−0.02

−0.02

−0.02

 

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.020)

(0.017)

Overed now

−0.17***

−0.17***

−0.18***

−0.18***

−0.18***

 

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.018)

(0.032)

(0.023)

Overskilled now

−0.28***

−0.28***

−0.28***

−0.28***

−0.27***

 

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.017)

(0.026)

(0.022)

overed*Estab migrant

  

0.12

0.31

0.06

   

(0.098)

(0.193)

(0.117)

overskill*Estab migrant

  

−0.01

−0.11

0.03

   

(0.085)

(0.157)

(0.101)

Overed*new migrant

  

0.01

−0.06

0.02

   

(0.205)

(0.291)

(0.284)

Oversk*new migrant

  

−0.15

 

−0.04

   

(0.157)

 

(0.182)

Male

−0.02*

−0.02*

−0.01

  
 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.010)

  

Labour exp

0.00

0.00

0.00*

0.00**

0.00

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Age

−0.00***

−0.00***

−0.01***

−0.01***

−0.00*

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.002)

Years HE

−0.01**

−0.01**

−0.01**

0.00

−0.02***

 

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.009)

(0.007)

Humanities

0.05***

0.05***

0.05***

0.05*

0.05***

 

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.015)

(0.030)

(0.017)

Social

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.01

 

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.024)

(0.016)

Science

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.03

0.02

 

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.027)

(0.022)

Engineering

−0.00

−0.00

−0.00

0.01

−0.02

 

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.024)

(0.024)

Unemploy hist

−0.03***

−0.03***

−0.03***

−0.03*

−0.03**

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.016)

(0.013)

Migrant

−0.07***

    
 

(0.023)

    

Estab migrant

 

−0.04

−0.05*

0.03

−0.10**

  

(0.028)

(0.031)

(0.054)

(0.039)

New migrant

 

−0.13***

−0.12***

−0.09

−0.14***

  

(0.039)

(0.041)

(0.068)

(0.051)

Course employer

0.04***

0.04***

0.04***

0.05***

0.03***

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.015)

(0.012)

Course prestige

0.04***

0.03***

0.03***

0.04***

0.02

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.016)

(0.014)

Vocational course

0.03***

0.03***

0.03***

0.03**

0.03**

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.015)

(0.013)

Fieldmatchnow

0.06***

0.06***

0.05***

0.04*

0.06***

 

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.025)

(0.020)

Fieldrelatednow

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.01

 

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.022)

(0.017)

Hours

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

R&D Firm

0.11***

0.11***

0.11***

0.13***

0.11***

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.014)

(0.012)

Size 50-99

−0.01

−0.01

−0.01

0.01

−0.03

 

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.017)

(0.029)

(0.022)

Size 100–249

−0.02

−0.02

−0.02

−0.01

−0.03

 

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.016)

(0.027)

(0.020)

Size 250–999

−0.02*

−0.02*

−0.02*

−0.02

−0.03

 

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.023)

(0.017)

Size 1000+

0.00

0.00

−0.00

0.00

−0.01

 

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.018)

(0.015)

Public sector

0.09***

0.09***

0.09***

0.09***

0.10***

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.018)

(0.013)

N of employers

0.00

0.00

−0.00

0.00

−0.00

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.004)

(0.003)

Supervisor

0.02***

0.02***

0.02**

0.04***

0.01

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.015)

(0.012)

Italy

−0.13***

−0.13***

−0.11***

−0.09**

−0.11***

 

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.029)

(0.043)

(0.040)

Spain

−0.05***

−0.05***

−0.04

−0.03

−0.04

 

(0.020)

(0.020)

(0.024)

(0.036)

(0.033)

France

−0.03

−0.03

−0.02

−0.01

−0.02

 

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.025)

(0.040)

(0.034)

Austria

0.03

0.04

0.04

0.05

0.02

 

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.035)

(0.035)

Netherlands

−0.07***

−0.07***

−0.07***

−0.08**

−0.07**

 

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.031)

(0.029)

UK

−0.09***

−0.09***

−0.11***

−0.14**

−0.12**

 

(0.025)

(0.025)

(0.037)

(0.059)

(0.048)

Finland

−0.11***

−0.11***

−0.09***

−0.07*

−0.10***

 

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.024)

(0.037)

(0.034)

Norway

−0.06***

−0.06***

−0.06***

−0.03

−0.08***

 

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.021)

(0.031)

(0.030)

Portugal

−0.16***

−0.16***

−0.15***

−0.14**

−0.14***

 

(0.033)

(0.033)

(0.036)

(0.059)

(0.047)

Belgium

−0.04

−0.04

−0.02

−0.03

−0.01

 

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.028)

(0.041)

(0.039)

Scores

  

0.50

1.44*

0.35

   

(0.486)

(0.824)

(0.621)

Constant

0.26***

0.25***

0.26***

0.20**

0.28***

 

(0.057)

(0.057)

(0.057)

(0.101)

(0.070)

Pseudo R2

0.092

0.092

0.092

0.095

0.093

Observations

13,342

13,342

13,342

5246

8091

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1