The Impact of Parents’ Years since Migration on Children’s Academic Achievement

Helena Nielsen and Beatrice Schindler Rangvid
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Beatrice Schindler Rangvid: Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University, Denmark, Postal: The Danish National Cntre for Social Research

Economics Working Papers from Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University

Abstract: In this paper, we employ register data for eight cohorts of second-generation immigrant pupils to identify the impact of each parent’s years since migration on their children’s school achievements. We exploit local variation in years since migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement. Mothers’ years of residence tend to be more important for Danish, while fathers’ years of residence tend to be more important for math. The effects vary by gender, and family-specific effects influence girls’ and boys’ educational attainment differently.

Keywords: intergenerational mobility; years since migration; scholastic achievement; immigrant children; second generation; fixed effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J12 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2011-12-20
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Journal Article: The impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement (2012)
Working Paper: The Impact of Parents' Years since Migration on Children's Academic Achievement (2011)
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