The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK

Yann Algan, Christian Dustmann, Albrecht Glitz () and Alan Manning

No 4514, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe’s largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with large immigrant populations albeit with very different ethnic compositions. Today, the descendants of these immigrants live and work in their parents’ destination countries. This paper presents and discusses comparative evidence on the performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in these countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment.

Keywords: integration; second-generation immigrants; immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2009-10
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Published - published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (542), F4 - F30

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