Selectivity of Migration and the Educational Disadvantages of Second-Generation Immigrants in Ten Host Societies.

Autor/inn/en	Werfhorst, Herman G. van de; Heath, Anthony
Titel	Selectivity of Migration and the Educational Disadvantages of Second-Generation Immigrants in Ten Host Societies.
Quelle	In: European journal of population, 35 (2019) 2, S. 347-378Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1572-9885
DOI	10.1007/s10680-018-9484-2
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74551-2
Schlagwörter	Bildungschance; Ethnizität; Zweite Generation; Ungleichheit; Integrationspolitik; Migration; Integration; Migrant
Abstract	Selectivity of migration varies significantly between ethnic/origin country groups, and between the destination countries which these groups have migrated to. Yet, little comparative research has measured empirically how selective different migrant groups are in multiple destination countries, nor has research studied whether the selectivity of migration is related to the magnitude of ethnic inequalities among the children of migrants in Western societies. We present an empirical measure of educational selectivity of migrants from many different origin countries having migrated to ten different destination countries. We examine whether selective migration of a particular ethnic group in a particular destination country is related to the gap between their children's and native children's educational outcomes. We find that the disadvantage in educational outcomes between the second generation and their peers from majority populations is smaller for ethnic groups that are more positively selected in terms of educational attainment. We also find some evidence that the effect of selective migration is moderated by the integration policies or tracking arrangements in the educational system in the destination country.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2022/1