This study aims to make clear the differential labour market incorporation of Brazilian immigrants in two countries, Japan and the United States. Two countries differ in three dimensions: immigration policy, labour market structure and educational institutions. I highlight the manner in which immigrants' socioeconomic outcome depends on these institutional arrangements, by comparing the way in which human capital acquisitions affect earnings among Brazilian migrants in two countries. The findings of my research are twofold. First, differences in labour market segmentation led to cross-national variations in the effect of assimilation on socioeconomic outcome. It is highlighted that barrier to mobility from secondary to primary labour market sector is higher in Japan than in the US. Secondly, earnings return to education varies greatly between Japanese and US immigrants. Entry-level earnings and the way in which assimilation affect earnings significantly depends on educational attainment among Brazilian migrants in the US, whereas there is no significant effect of higher education on raising earnings among Brazilians in Japan. The current research demonstrates that Brazilian migrants in Japan face the more difficulties in raising earnings than their US counterparts, even though they have higher education, or they become assimilated into the host society.

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