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Intergenerational transmission of language capital and economic outcomes
This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of language capital amongst immigrants, and the effect of language deficiencies on the economic performance of second generation immigrants. Using a long panel that oversamples immigrants, we can follow their children after they have left the parental home. Our results show a sizeable significant association between parents' and children's fluency, conditional on parental and family characteristics. We find that language deficiencies of the second generation are associated with poorer labour market outcomes for females only. Finally, we find a strong relationship between parental fluency and female labour market outcomes, which works through the child's language proficiency.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3074
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Intergenerational transmission
human capital
language proficiency of immigrants
Migranten
Mehrsprachigkeit
Humankapital
Generationenbeziehungen
Deutschland
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Casey, Teresa
Dustmann, Christian
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2007
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Casey, Teresa
- Dustmann, Christian
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2007
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