The school-to-work transition of 2 nd generation immigrants in Denmark

Helena Nielsen, Michael Rosholm, Nina Smith and Leif Husted ()

Journal of Population Economics, 2003, vol. 16, issue 4, 755-786

Abstract: 2 nd generation immigrants from less developed countries have less education and a lower employment frequency compared to the native Danish youth. We analyse the school-to-work transition of these groups using panel data for the years 1985–1997. The educational gap between 2 nd generation immigrants and the Danish youth is to some extent explained by age structure, while age does not explain the native-immigrant gap concerning the duration of waiting time until first job and the duration of first employment spell. Instead parental capital and neighbourhood effects seem to play a major role. We find large gender differences among 2 nd generation immigrants in the school-to-work transition. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2003

Keywords: J61; J71; School-to-work transition; second generation immigrants; intergenerational transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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