Intergenerational Transmissions and the School-to-Work Transition of 2nd Generation Immigrants

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We analyse the extent of intergenerational transmission through parental capital, ethnic capital and neighbourhood effects on several aspects of the school-to-work transition of 2 nd 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 labour market, but it has a much smaller impact on the duration of the first employment spell and on the wage level. Growing up in neighbourhoods with a high concentration of immigrants is associated with negative labour market prospects both for young natives and 2 nd generation immigrants.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 296

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Discrimination ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: School-to-work transition ; second generation immigrants ; intergenerational transmission ; parental capital ; ethnic capital ; neighbourhood effects ; Migranten ; Ausländische Arbeitskräfte ; Jugendliche Arbeitskräfte ; Berufseinstieg ; Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ; Familie ; Bildungsniveau ; Social Capital ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Nachbarschaftsökonomie ; Schätzung ; Dänemark

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Skyt Nielsen, Helena ; Rosholm, Michael ; Smith, Nina ; Husted, Leif
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21150