Number of siblings and educational choices of immigrant children

evidence from first- and second-generation immigrants

verfasst von

Dominique Meurs, Patrick A. Puhani, Friederike Von Haaren-Giebel

Abstract

We document the educational integration of immigrant children in France and Germany with a focus on the link between family size and educational decisions and distinguishing particularly between first- and second-generation immigrants and between source country groups. First, for immigrant adolescents, we show family-size adjusted convergence to almost native levels of higher education track attendance from the first to the second generation of immigrants. Second, we find that reduced fertility is associated with higher educational outcomes for immigrant children, possibly through a quantity–quality trade-off. Third, we show that between one-third and the complete difference in family-size adjusted educational outcomes between immigrants from different source countries or immigrant generations can be explained by parental background. This latter holds true for various immigrant groups in both France and Germany, two major European economies with distinct immigration histories.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Arbeitsökonomik

Externe Organisation(en)

Universite Paris X Nanterre
INED Institut National d' Etudes Demographiques
University College London (UCL)
Universität St. Gallen (HSG)
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Review of Economics of the Household

Band

15

Seiten

1137-1158

Anzahl der Seiten

22

ISSN

1569-5239

Publikationsdatum

01.12.2017

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Sozialwissenschaften (sonstige), Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-015-9320-y (Zugang: Geschlossen)
https://www.cream-migration.org/publ_uploads/CDP_08_15.pdf (Zugang: Offen)