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

Christian Belzil () and François Poinas ()
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François Poinas: CNRS, GATE

No 3877, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: We estimate a flexible dynamic model of education choices and early career employment outcomes of the French population. Individuals are allowed to choose between 4 options: continue to the next grade, accept a permanent 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 find that schooling attainments explain around two thirds of the differences in access to early career employment stability. However, one third cannot be linked to observed investment in human capital.

Keywords: schooling attainments; second-generation immigrants; 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: 2008-12

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