Intergenerational mobility, human capital transmission and the earnings of second-generation immigrants in Sweden
By: by Mats Hammarstedt, Mr̄ten Palme
Contributors: Palme, Mr̄ten
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 1943; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 1943
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Social mobility; Human capital; Immigrants
Description: "We compare the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an overall convergence in average earnings between immigrants and natives. This convergence hides a divergence in average earnings between groups of immigrants with different ethnic origins. We find that, on average, immigrants have a lower intergenerational earnings mobility, also (on average) within groups with similar ethnic backgrounds. Immigrants with a relatively low intergenerational earnings mobility increased their average earnings more in the second generation, thereby supporting the idea that low intergenerational earnings mobility can be interpreted as a high degree of intergenerational transmission of human capital"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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