To wrap up Part 3 of the brain waste series,
@nrc.nl in the Netherlands explains why two out of five migrants trained in the arts or social sciences work in the Netherlands below their level of education, often in jobs that do not require a university degree.
In total, migrants working below their level of qualifications compared to natives working more often in the right job cost the national economy just under 400 million euros in additional lost wages.
Even when migrants do get jobs that match their qualifications. If migrant workers were paid as much as comparable workers born in the Netherlands, the economy could grow by 1.4 billion euros annually. Read more:
Evaline Schot investigates the barriers for educated health and education professionals entering the labor force and discovers two starkly different realities:
while both groups face a daunting but surmountable degree recognition process, one group of professionals has a much easier time acquiring the much needed on the job experience and therefore are able to break into the job market, while the other does not. Find out why:
Many educated migrants never make it that far. Unemployment among highly educated immigrants is also twice as high in percentage terms as among people born in the Netherlands.
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@nrc.nl in the Netherlands explains why two out of five migrants trained in the arts or social sciences work in the Netherlands below their level of education, often in jobs that do not require a university degree.