Pre-School Enrollment: An Analysis by Immigrant Generation

Barry Chiswick and Noyna DebBurman
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Noyna DebBurman: Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago

No 404, RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin)

Abstract: There has been minimal research on the pre-school enrollment of immigrant children. Using 1990 U.S. Census data, this paper investigates pre-school enrollment of child immigrants, those who immigrated as children and the U.S.-born children of immigrants. The analysis is conducted using probit analysis. Pre-school enrollment is found to vary systematically with parental characteristics (income and education), immigrant generation, number of siblings, mother's labor supply and country of origin. Among the foreign-born, differences in pre-school enrollment are analyzed by country of origin. Among the U.S.-born children of immigrants pre-school enrollment is greatest among those with both parents foreign born.

Keywords: Immigrants; Children; School Enrollment; Pre-School (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J13 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-04
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