Education and Early Career Outcomes of Second-Generation Immigrants in France

Christian Belzil () and François Poinas ()
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François Poinas: Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69003, France; CNRS, GATE, UMR 5824, Ecully, F-69130, France

No 836, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université Lyon 2, Ecole Normale Supérieure

Abstract: We estimate a exible dynamic model of education choices and early ca- reer employment outcomes of the French population. Individuals are allowed to choose between 4 options: continue to the next grade, accept a perma- nent contract, accept a temporary contract, or withdraw from the labor force (a residual state). Our analysis focuses on the comparison between French Second-Generation Immigrants whose parents are born in Africa and French- natives. We nd that schooling attainments explain around two thirds of the dierences in access to early career employment stability. However, one third cannot be linked to observed investment in human capital.

Keywords: Second-generation immigrants; schooling attainments; fixed term employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J15 J24 J41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008
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