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Immigration: What about the Children and Grandchildren?

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  • Sweetman, Arthur

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    (McMaster University)

  • van Ours, Jan C.

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    (Tilburg University)

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.

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Length: 51 pages
Date of creation: Jan 2014
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Publication status: forthcoming in: Chiswick, B.R. and P.W. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of International Migration, Vol. 1
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Keywords: labor market position; educational attainment; 1.5-generation immigration; second-generation immigration; intergenerational assimilation; economic integration;

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  • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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