Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Ira Gang and Klaus Zimmermann ()

Journal of Human Resources, 2000, vol. 35, issue 3, 550-569

Abstract: The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. We compare second generation immigrants' educational attainments to those of similarly aged natives. Evidence from German data suggests ethnicity matters: ethnic network size has a positive effect on educational attainment, and a clear pattern is exhibited between countries-of-origin and education even in the second generation. For children of the foreign-born, parental schooling plays no role in educational choices. For Germans, contrary to the literature's general findings, there is a statistically significant difference in favor of father's over mother's education.

Date: 2000
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