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: Danish Institute of Governmental Research

No 6242, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: second generation; immigrant children; scholastic achievement; years since migration; intergenerational mobility; fixed effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J12 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2011-12
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Published - published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:6

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Journal Article: The impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement (2012)
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