The Educational System and the Ethnic Skills Gap among the Working-Age Population
An Analysis of 16 Western Immigration Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2423933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan P Heisig (0000-0001-8228-1907, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, corresponding author), Merlin Schaeffer (0000-0003-1969-8974, University of Copenhagen) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2378023120925717 |
| OpenAlex | W3034491621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 59 |
Research shows that children of immigrants, the 'second generation,' have comparatively high educational aspirations. This 'immigrant optimism' translates into ambitious educational choices, given the second generation's level of academic performance. Choice-driven (comprehensive) education systems, which allow the children of immigrants to follow their ambitions, are therefore regarded as facilitating their structural integration. The authors focus on an underappreciated consequence of these findings. If the second generation strives for higher qualifications than children of native-born parents with similar performance, working-age children of immigrants should have lower skills than children of native-born parents with comparable formal education. This could result in (statistical) employer discrimination and ultimately hamper integration. This pattern should be particularly pronounced in choice-driven education systems and in systems that emphasize vocational education. Two-step regression models using data on 16 countries support these expectations. The authors explore implications of these findings for comparative research on ethnic gaps in labor market attainment
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Ethnic group · Immigration · Optimism · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Sociology · Vocational education · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Returns to skills around the world
Education, opportunity, and social inequality
Wie lassen sich die hohen Bildungsaspirationen von Migranten erklären? Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie zur Rolle von strukturellen Aufstiegschancen und individueller
Mobility and Inequality
Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys
Does school tracking affect equality of opportunity? New international evidence
Measuring Immigration Policies
Vocational Secondary Education
The effect of integration and social democratic welfare states on immigrants’ educational attainment
How educational systems structure ethnic inequality among young labour market participants in Europe
Links between immigration and social inequality in education
Positive choices for all? SES- and gender-specific premia of immigrants at educational transitions
European Sociological Review
Selectivity of Migration and the Educational Disadvantages of Second-Generation Immigrants in Ten Host Societies
Higher Education Entry of Turkish Immigrant Youth in Germany
Education systems, school segregation, and second-generation immigrants’ educational success
A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status
Estimating Regression Models in Which the Dependent Variable Is Based on Estimates
Are Migrants Selected on Motivational Orientations? Selectivity Patterns amongst International Migrants in Europe
Why You Should Always Include a Random Slope for the Lower-Level Variable Involved in a Cross-Level Interaction
Migrant Background and Higher Education Participation in Europe
Guest editorial
The school careers of ethnic minority youth in France
Ethnicity, schooling, and merit in the Netherlands
Explaining Educational Differentials
Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement
Segregation, Tracking, and the Educational Attainment of Minorities
The Paradox of Persistence
The Costs of Simplicity
An Immigrant Paradox? Contextual Attainment and Intergenerational Educational Mobility
Immigrant students' achievements in light of their educational aspirations and academic motivation
Do adult foreign residents prefer academic to vocational education? Evidence from a survey of public opinion in Switzerland
Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School
Aspiration Squeeze
Secondary Education Systems and the General Skills of Less- and Intermediate-educated Adults
Ethnic Inequality in Choice-driven Education Systems
Ethnic choice effects at the transition into upper-secondary education in Switzerland
Continuation to upper secondary education in Finland
Achievement Inequality and the Institutional Structure of Educational Systems
The Integration Imperative
Aiming High and Missing the Mark? Educational Choice, Dropout Risk, and Achievement in Upper Secondary Education among Children of Immigrants in Denmark
The Story after Immigrants' Ambitious Educational Choices
Why Do Immigrant Students Aim High? Explaining the Aspiration-Achievement Paradox of Immigrants in Germany
Income Advantages of Poorly Qualified Immigrant Minorities
Less Choice, Less Inequality? A Natural Experiment on Social and Ethnic Differences in Educational Decision-Making
Weak Performance--Strong Determination
Does the Ethnic Composition of Upper Secondary Schools Influence Educational Achievement and Attainment? A Multilevel Analysis of the Norwegian Case
Secondary School Tracking and Educational Inequality
Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin
Lack of skills or formal qualifications? New evidence on cross-country differences in the labor market disadvantage of less-educated adults
The optimism trap
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |