Intergenerational Transmissions and the School-to-Work Transition of Second-Generation Immigrants

43 Pages Posted: 11 Jun 2001

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Helena Skyt Nielsen

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Michael Rosholm

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF)

Nina Smith

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Leif Husted

Institute of Local Government Studies

Date Written: May 2001

Abstract

We analyze the extent of intergenerational transmission through parental capital, ethnic capital and neighborhood effects on several aspects of the school-to-work transition of second generation immigrants and young ethnic Danes. The main findings are that parental capital has strong positive effects on the probability of completing a qualifying education and on the entry into the labor market, but it has a much smaller impact on the duration of the first employment spell and on the wage level. Growing up in neighborhoods with a high concentration of immigrants is associated with negative labor market prospects both for young natives and second generation immigrants.

Keywords: School-to-work Transition, Second Generation Immigrants, Intergenerational Transmission, Parental Capital, Ethnic Capital, Neighborhood Effects

JEL Classification: J61, J71

Suggested Citation

Nielsen, Helena Skyt and Rosholm, Michael and Smith, Nina and Husted, Leif, Intergenerational Transmissions and the School-to-Work Transition of Second-Generation Immigrants (May 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=270789 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.270789

Helena Skyt Nielsen

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

Fuglesangs Alle 4
Aarhus, 8210
Denmark

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IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Michael Rosholm

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

Fuglesangs Allé 4
Aarhus V
Denmark
+45 89 42 15 59 (Phone)
+45 86 13 63 34 (Fax)

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF)

Nyropsgade 37
Copenhagen, DK-1602
Denmark

Nina Smith (Contact Author)

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

Universitetsparken
DK-8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
+45 8948 6413 (Phone)
+45 8615 5175 (Fax)

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Leif Husted

Institute of Local Government Studies ( email )

Nyropsgade 37
DK-1602 Copenhagen V
Denmark

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