Assimilation of Immigrants: Implications for Human Capital Accumulation of the Second Generation

Slobodan Djajic ()
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No 01-2004, IHEID Working Papers from Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

Abstract: Immigrants assimilate in various dimensions at different rates. Moreover, in each of these dimensions they assimilate at rates that may differ from those of their children. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the pace of assimilation of immigrants in various dimensions affects the rate of human capital accumulation of immigrant children. It is argued that rapid assimilation in certain dimensions serves to increase the rate of human capital accumulation of the second generation, while in other dimensions it may have the opposite effect.

Keywords: Assimilation; Immigrants; Human Capital. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2004-02-03
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Published in Journal of Population Economics, Volume 16, 2003, pages 831-845

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