The educational attainment of the children of the Danish ‘guest worker’ immigrants

Vibeke Jakobsen () and Nina Smith
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Vibeke Jakobsen: The Danish National Institute of Social Research,

No 03-6, Working Papers from University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyses the educational attainment of young first generation immigrants in Denmark who are children of the ‘guest workers’ who immigrated from Turkey, Pakistan and Ex-Yugoslavia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Beside the traditional intergenerational transmission mechanism, we analyse potential immigrant-specific factors as language proficiency, attending mother-tongue courses and expectations concerning out or return migration from Denmark. The results show that generational transmission effects are strong among ‘guest worker’ immigrants, especially among men. Other important factors are Danish language proficiency, age at first marriage and a number variables reflecting parents’ and own attitudes concerning education, marriage and family. However, the ‘guest worker’ immigrants are not a homogenous group. The analyses reveal large differences between Turkish, Pakistani and Ex-Jugoslavian ‘guest workers’ with respect to their educational success and the factors behind.

Keywords: Education; ‘guest worker’ immigrants; intergenerational transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2003-02-01
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Journal Article: The educational attainment of the children of the Danish »guest worker« immigrants (2006)
Working Paper: The Educational Attainment of the Children of the Danish ‘Guest Worker’ Immigrants (2003)
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