Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?

Arthur Sweetman and Jan van Ours

No 7919, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Intergenerational immigrant integration is central to the economic growth and social development of many countries whose populations comprise a substantial share of the children and grandchildren of immigrants. In addition to basic demographics, relevant economic theories and institutional features are surveyed to assist in understanding these phenomena. Building on this foundation, educational and labor market success across the immigrant generations are reviewed, and then studies on the evolution of social outcomes across those same generations are discussed. Overall, substantial cross-national heterogeneity in outcomes is observed as various sources of immigration interact with distinct national labor markets and educational/social contexts that have diverse approaches to integrating immigrants.

Keywords: economic integration; labor market position; 1.5-generation immigration; educational attainment; second-generation immigration; intergenerational assimilation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2014-01
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Published - published in: B.R. Chiswick and P.W. Miller (eds). Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, Vol. 1b, Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland, 1141-1193

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