Intergenerational Education Mobility and Labour Market Outcomes: Variation Among the Second Generation of Immigrants in Canada

Feng Hou and Wen-Hao Chen ()

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract: Using 2016 Canadian Census data, this article examines the socioeconomic status of the second generation of immigrants, whose population has become increasingly diverse. The analysis focuses on group differences by visible minority status in two aspects relating to socioeconomic mobility: (1) intergenerational progress in educational attainment, which indicates the ability to achieve higher education regardless of parents’ education, and (2) the relationship between education and labour market outcomes, which reveals the ability to convert educational qualifications into economic well-being.

Keywords: Visible minorities; Socioeconomic profiles; Labour market; Intergenerational mobility; Immigrants; Educational attainment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-02-18
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