The human capital (schooling) of immigrants in America

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This paper deals with several salient issues about immigrants to the United States and their education. These issues include a comparison of the schooling accomplishments of immigrants and the native-born that emphasizes the considerable diversity in the schooling accomplishments among different immigrant sub-groups and between legal and undocumented migrants. I also examine the role of the foreign-born who come to the United States for post-secondary schooling. Finally, I show that the educational generational progress among all groups of immigrants to the United States has been quite impressive during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6899

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Higher Education; Research Institutions ; Education: Government Policy ; Demographic Economics: General ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigration ; education ; Einwanderung ; Migranten ; Schulbesuch ; Bildungsinvestition ; Soziale Integration ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Smith, James P.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/67331
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET