child income rank for both natives and second-generation immigrants. Results from a detailed Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition … indicate that up to 21% of the gap between income ranks of second-generation immigrants and natives is related to differences … in parental background. Once we control for education, family, residence and industry related choices, differences in the …

children of immigrants catch up with natives. Using administrative data for the Netherlands, we find large gaps in the absolute … income mobility of immigrants relative to natives (-23%), suggestive of large, persistent income gaps for future generations … substantial heterogeneity by country of origin. Children of immigrants from China actually have higher incomes than natives, which …

creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants … population with over 60 percent of immigrants coming from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research suggests negative …

creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants …-language learner (ELL) student population and over 60 % of immigrants are from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research …

background, lack solid core skills and competences that weakens the skills-base. Vocational and tertiary education do not always … ensure that tertiary education provides the right skills. Beyond education, effective re-skilling and up-skilling programmes …

In this paper we study the allocation of time devoted to informal learning and education, i.e. those activities carried … out during leisure time and outside formal education courses which boost individuals’ human and social capital. For … immigrants the private investment in these activities is likely to have relevant external effects as informal learning and …

approximately six years apart) of the New Immigrants Survey (NIS). As part of the NIS interviews, U.S. born and foreign …-born children of immigrants were asked to take Woodcock-Johnson achievement test. In both rounds, prior to the administration of … suggest that in reading tests, U.S. born children of Hispanic immigrants perform better, when they are assigned to take the …

The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina …