Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries
We estimate the inter-generational mobility of children of immigrants in eleven European and four non-European countries. In all destinations, immigrant parents earn less than the local born, but the children of immigrants experience substantial – and for daughters, often complete – convergence. The remaining gap between children of immigrants and locals is largest in countries like Denmark and France where children of immigrants are raised near the bottom of the income distribution. After controlling for parental income, daughters of immigrants out-earn daughters of the local born in almost all countries, and the earnings gap tightens (but remains negative) for sons. In part, sons of immigrants remain behind because of their lower employment rates. All children of immigrants do best in countries with more inclusive migration policies (e.g., access to citizenship), and positive attitudes toward immigrants.
Date: 19 November 2024, 16:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Speaker: Leah Boustan (Princeton University)
Organising department: Department of Economics
Part of: Applied Microeconomics Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Edward Clark