Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19601430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George J Borjas (0000-0001-8596-1705, National Bureau of Economic Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 123-150 |
| Publication date | 1992-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Quarterly Journal of Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5533 • E-ISSN: 1531-4650 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2118325 |
| OpenAlex | W2142810600 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 262 |
This paper analyzes the extent to which ethnic skill differentials are transmitted across generations. I assume that ethnicity acts as an externality in the human capital accumulation process. The skills of the next generation depend on parental inputs and on the quality of the ethnic environment in which parents make their investments, or "ethnic capital." The empirical evidence reveals that the skills of today's generation depend not only on the skills of their parents, but also on the average skills of the ethnic group in the parent's generation
Art history · Capital (architecture) · Economic history · Economics · Ethnic group · George (robot) · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
El acceso de los hijos de inmigrantes a la Educación Superior en España ¿una cuestión de origen étnico o de origen social
Integration Journey
Over-Education Amongst the Children of Immigrants in Sweden
Decomposing educational disparities between immigrants and natives in Oslo
Entrepreneurship in a Modern Network Economy
Composition of peer mothers and gender norms
The life-cycle and opportunities of migrants and natives in the Danish experience
The Middle Class Consensus and Economic Development
Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States, 1940 to 2000
Peer Effects with Random Assignment
Migration and Education
Immigration in American Economic History
How Much does Sorting Increase Inequality?
The power of the family
Social networks and health service utilization
How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
Education and Human Capital Externalities
Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution
Chapter 8 Theories of persistent inequality and intergenerational mobility
The Origins of Intergenerational Associations
Referral-based Job Search Networks
Good policy or good luck?
Culture
The Economics of Cultural Transmission and the Dynamics of Preferences
The Inter-Factor Zone
Sozialkapital Intersektional
A humility‐based enterprising community
Family Values and the Regulation of Labor
Utdanning hos annengenerasjon etniske minoriteter i Norge
Intergenerational persistence of health
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries
Colonial Legacies and Co-Ethnic Repatriation
Digital capital
Immigrating into a Recession
The Isolated States of America
Prevalence of SOEs and intergenerational income persistence
Multi-generational effects of school access in a developing country
Immigrants and cities during the age of mass migration
Funding and productivity
The effect of migration on rural residents’ intergenerational subjective social status mobility in China
Ethnicity and UK graduate migration
The Differential Impact of Human Capital on Social Integration Among Rural–Urban and Urban–Urban Migrants in China
Family Characteristics and Educational Expenditures in Japan and the United States
Does Where You Live Matter? An Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission of Education Among Hispanic Americans
The Motherhood Penalty of Immigrants in France
We choose this CV because we choose diversity” – What do eye movements say about the choices recruiters make
Migration and labour market outcomes through a multi-sited lens
Perverse Fluidity?—Differential Impacts of Family Resources on Educational and Occupational Attainment for Young Adults from White and Ethnic Minority Heritages in England
Populism as New Wine in Old Bottles in the Context of Germany
The cultural dividend
Managing Mothers to Build Their Child's Worth
Immigrant socioeconomic mobility in the United States
Intergenerational mobility in the Netherlands
Does Neighbourhood Ethnic Concentration in Early Life Affect Subsequent Labour Market Outcomes? A Study across Ethnic Groups in England and Wales
The long‐term impact of Danish vulnerable neighbourhoods in adolescence on employment status in emerging adulthood
The shaping of selection
Is Social Mobility Spatial? Characteristics of Immigrant Metros and Second Generation Outcomes
The Impact of Bilingual Literacy and Education Level on Ethnic Pride from the Conflict Theoretical Perspective
Social Mobility Sans Frontières
Housing Pathways of Immigrants in the City of Athens
Homeownership and Living Conditions of the Immigrant Population in Spain
Early career occupational mobility of Turkish and Moroccan second-generation migrants in Flanders, Belgium
Everyday Place Making Through Social Capital Among Street Vendors at Manek Chowk, Gujarat, India
Ethnic regional networks and immigrants' earnings
Capabilities and Functionings
Segregation, entrepreneurship and work values
Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment
The educational attainment of second-generation mainland Chinese immigrants in Taiwan
The intergenerational transmission of noncognitive skills and their effect on education and employment outcomes
Information and racial exclusion
Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements
Immigrants assimilate as communities, not just as individuals
Family matters
Interethnic marriage
On the economic prospects of non-Western migrants in Europe
Wage distributions in origin societies and occupational choices of immigrant generations in the USA
Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants
Sibling correlations and intergenerational mobility across immigrant groups
The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation
Total work and gender
The Economic Value of Bilingualism for Asians and Hispanics 1
The Acting Person
From “ghettos” to graduation? A register-based cohort study on the long-term impact of Danish “ghetto” areas on educational attainment
The historical patterns of occupational attainment of racial minorities in Massachusetts
Food security among low-income immigrant households and the role of social capital
Colonial origin, ethnicity and intergenerational mobility in Africa
Information and immigrant settlement
Segregation and internal mobility of Syrian refugees in Turkey
Unveiling the Neighborhood Effect on Intergenerational Mobility
Earnings mobility across three generations of natives in Finland
Migrant poverty and social capital
Educational mobility across three generations of Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking Finns
Does spatial proximity supplant family ties? Exploring the role of neighborly support for older people in diverse, aging cities
Acculturation Identity and Higher Education
Converging Mainlander and Native Taiwanese, 1949-2012
Information Flows and Social Externalities in a Tanzanian Banana Growing Village
Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank
Gujarat Versus Kerala
| Unique citing works | 262 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,94 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2026 (34) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 257 |