The educational attainment of the second generation in Germany: social origins and ethnic inequality

Cornelia Kristen and Nadia Granato

No 200704, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "With the German Microcensus we study the second generation's educational attainment in Germany focusing on the descendants of classic labour migrants. Our results show that educational outcomes in terms of attending or completing the highest schooling track leading to the Abitur considerably vary among different ethnic groups. Second generation young adults, in particular Turks and Italians, experience pronounced disadvantages in comparison to their German peers. The central question in this context is to what extent ethnic stratification in the German school system is related to educational and social background. Our findings suggest that ethnic disadvantages primarily result from social rather than from specific ethnic inequalities, since initial differences in the chances of attaining the Abitur disappear after considering educational and social origin, the only exception being Italian young adults." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Westdeutschland; ausländische Jugendliche; ausländische Kinder; Auswirkungen; Auswirkungen; benachteiligte Jugendliche; Benachteiligung; Bildungschancengleichheit; Bildungsniveau; Einwanderer; ethnische Gruppe; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Abitur; Türke; Grieche; Italiener; Jugoslawe; Mikrozensus; Minderheiten; Portugiese; Quote; Schulabschluss; Schulleistung; soziale Herkunft; Spanier; zweite Generation; 1991-2004 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J61 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2007
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Published in/as: Ethnicities, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2007), S. 343-366, doi:10.1177/1468796807080233

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