Slipping through the Cracks of a Welfare State: Children of Immigrants in Finland

Laura Ansala (), Ulla Hämäläinen () and Matti Sarvimäki ()
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Laura Ansala: Aalto University
Ulla Hämäläinen: Ministry of Finance

No 1606, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)

Abstract: We document large differences in educational attainment, criminal sentences and use of psychotropic medication between the children of immigrants and natives living in Finland. Among the offspring of immigrants from the OECD countries and the former Soviet Union, the disadvantage in education reverses and differences in criminal sentences disappear once we condition on parental income and location of residence. In contrast, large gaps remain for the children of immigrants from other regions, even conditional on background characteristics. Furthermore, the children of immigrants from all source areas are substantially less likely to use psychotropic medication than the offspring of natives despite their higher self-reported mental health problems. These results suggest that institutions designed to help disadvantaged natives do not fully reach the children of immigrants.

Keywords: children of immigrants; second-generation immigrants; education; crime; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I21 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03
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