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The Impact of Parents' Years since Migration on Children's Academic Achievement

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  • Nielsen, Helena Skyt

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    (Aarhus University)

  • Schindler Rangvid, Beatrice

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    (Danish Institute of Governmental Research)

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.

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Length: 33 pages
Date of creation: Dec 2011
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Publication status: published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1:6
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Keywords: second generation; immigrant children; scholastic achievement; years since migration; intergenerational mobility; fixed effects;

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  1. Marta De Philippis & Federico Rossi, 2016. "Parents, Schools and Human Capital Differences across Countries," Discussion Papers 1614, Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM).

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