Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries

Leah Boustan, Jensen, Mathias Fjællegaard, Ran Abramitzky, Jácome, Elisa, Alan Manning, Pérez, Santiago, Analysia Watley, Adrian Adermon, Jaime Arellano-Bover, Åslund, Olof, Marie Connolly, Nathan Deutscher, Anne C. Gielen, Yvonne Giesing, Yajna Govind, Martin Halla, Dominik Hangartner, Yuyan Jiang, Cecilia Karmel, Fanny Landaud, Lindsey Macmillan, Martínez, Isabel Z., Alberto Polo, Panu Poutvaara, Hillel Rapoport (), Sara Roman, Kjell G Salvanes, Shmuel San, Michael Siegenthaler, Louis Sirugue, Soria Espín, Javier, Jan Stuhler, Giovanni L. Violante, Dinand Webbink, Andrea Weber, Jonathan Zhang, Angela Zheng and Tom Zohar

No 20003, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We estimate intergenerational mobility of children of immigrants in fifteen receiving countries. Children of immigrants have somewhat lower income than children of local-born parents. Around half of this gap can be explained by differences in parental income, with the remainder due to differences in mobility parameters. The daughters of immigrants enjoy higher absolute mobility than daughters of locals in most destinations. Absolute mobility of sons of immigrants is higher outside Europe and lower in Europe compared to sons of locals. Cross-country differences in absolute mobility are not driven by parental country-of-origin, but instead by destination labor markets and immigration policy.

Keywords: Intergenerational mobility; Immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J61 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03
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