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Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries

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  • Boustan, Leah
  • Jensen, Mathias Fjællegaard
  • Abramitzky, Ran
  • Jácome, Elisa
  • Manning, Alan
  • Pérez, Santiago
  • Watley, Analysia
  • Adermon, Adrian
  • Arellano-Bover, Jaime
  • Ã…slund, Olof
  • Connolly, Marie
  • Deutscher, Nathan
  • Gielen, Anne C.
  • Giesing, Yvonne
  • Govind, Yajna
  • Halla, Martin
  • Hangartner, Dominik
  • Jiang, Yuyan
  • Karmel, Cecilia
  • Landaud, Fanny
  • Macmillan, Lindsey
  • Martínez, Isabel Z.
  • Polo, Alberto
  • Poutvaara, Panu
  • Rapoport, Hillel
  • Roman, Sara
  • Salvanes, Kjell G
  • San, Shmuel
  • Siegenthaler, Michael
  • Sirugue, Louis
  • Soria Espín, Javier
  • Stuhler, Jan
  • Violante, Giovanni L.
  • Webbink, Dinand
  • Weber, Andrea
  • Zhang, Jonathan
  • Zheng, Angela
  • Zohar, Tom

Abstract

We estimate intergenerational mobility of children of immigrants in fifteen receiving countries. Children of immigrants have somewhat lower income than children of local-born parents. Around half of this gap can be explained by differences in parental income, with the remainder due to differences in mobility parameters. The daughters of immigrants enjoy higher absolute mobility than daughters of locals in most destinations. Absolute mobility of sons of immigrants is higher outside Europe and lower in Europe compared to sons of locals. Cross-country differences in absolute mobility are not driven by parental country-of-origin, but instead by destination labor markets and immigration policy.

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  • Boustan, Leah & Jensen, Mathias Fjællegaard & Abramitzky, Ran & Jácome, Elisa & Manning, Alan & Pérez, Santiago & Watley, Analysia & Adermon, Adrian & Arellano-Bover, Jaime & Ã…slund, Olof & Connol, 2025. "Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries," CEPR Discussion Papers 20003, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:20003
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    10. Sonia Bhalotra & N. Meltem Daysal & Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen & Thomas Høgholm Jørgensen & Sébastien Montpetit, 2026. "Intergenerational transmission of victimization," IFS Working Papers W26/41, Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion

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