Immigrant entry visa categories and their effects on the children of immigrants' education

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3645342
AutoresRennie Lee (0000-0001-7108-7287, The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen44
Número9
Páginas1560-1583
Fecha de publicación2018-07-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2017.1362976
OpenAlexW2744975707
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas50

As the U.S. continues to debate how to reform the current immigration system, there has been an increased emphasis on increasing skilled migration via employment sponsorship and subsequently decreasing other forms of migration, such as family reunification or refugees and asylees. Employment migration is viewed favourably because immigrants tend to arrive with greater education and language skills. However, it is unclear whether the descendants of immigrants admitted via employment categories have greater integration outcomes than the descendants of immigrants admitted via other categories. This study examines whether an immigrant’s entry visa (e.g. temporary work, refugee, student, etc.) affects their children’s education. Using data from the 2004 Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles, this study finds that children whose fathers arrived via student/tourist visas have greater odds of college attainment. Related, this study identifies a possible mechanism, advanced/honors courses in high school, that may explain why father’s student/tourist visa exerts a positive effect on student’s pathway to college completion. However, there are no significant effects for fathers arriving under temporary work visas or as legal permanent residents

Demographic economics · Economics · Educational attainment · Family reunification · Immigration · Metropolitan area · Odds · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Tourism · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Health and Trauma