Ethnic Communities and School Performance among the New Second Generation in the United States
Testing the Theory of Segmented Assimilation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9748407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clemens Kroneberg (0000-0001-8838-1087, University of Mannheim, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 620 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 138-160 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716208322714 |
| OpenAlex | W2127652088 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 58 |
This article examines the theory of segmented assimilation, which traces the divergent adaptation of immigrant children in the post-1969 wave to the nature of reception by U.S. society, access to social capital through ethnic communities, and exposure to oppositional cultures of marginalized domestic minorities. The article provides a test of those arguments in the area of school performance. Based on data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study, indicators of community-based social capital are shown to account for considerable interethnic differences in school performance. The results challenge notions that ethnic communities are generally supportive of the second generation's school performance, while contact with oppositional cultures of domestic minorities is the main cause of lower than average achievement. They support a conditional view of ethnic communities: the extent to which immigrant families' insertion into ethnic communities can support the school performance of their children depends on the communities' socioeconomic profile and level of aspirations
Assimilation (phonology · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Longitudinal study · Political science · Population · Social capital · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories
Die Rolle der Sprache für zuwanderungsbezogene Ungleichheiten im Bildungserfolg
Bildungsaspirationen in Familien mit Migrationshintergrund
Becoming American
Bildungssysteme und ethnische Bildungsungleichheiten
Bildungstransmission in Migrantenfamilien
The Education of Migrants and Their Children Across the Life Course
Latino School Concentration and Academic Performance among Latino Children
Historical Perspectives on Diverse Asian American Communities
Educational integration by the third generation? Placement and academic achievement of students with immigrant background in Germany
Understanding educational aspirations and expectations among refugee adolescents in Germany
The academic aspiration of immigrant youths and their college graduation in young adulthood
Employment and Earnings in High-Tech Ethnic Niches
The Impact of Intersecting Dimensions of Inequality and Identity on the Racial Status of Eastern African Immigrants 1
Academic achievement in math and language of migrant and local students
Aspiration Squeeze
Minor Forms of Parental Maltreatment and Educational Achievement of Immigrant Youths in Young Adulthood
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way? Social and Mental Forces of Successful Adaptation of Immigrant Children in Young Adulthood
Educational Expectations among Immigrant Youth
Second generation from refugee backgrounds in Europe
Diverse Social Mobility Trajectories
Immigrant socioeconomic mobility in the United States
Socialization and Choice of Life Strategies by "Second Generation" Migrants in Russia
Trying to excel in the Golden State
Can selective acculturation foster integration
Community contexts and utilization of early childhood care and education among Mexican-origin children
Neighbourhood culture and immigrant children’s developmental outcomes at kindergarten
Religiosity as a bridge or barrier to immigrant children’s educational achievement
Success on European Labor Markets
The Interrelation of Immigrants’ Interethnic Ties and Socioeconomic Status in Germany. An Autoregressive Panel Analysis
Community cohesion and assimilation equilibria
Navigating Intersectional Margins
Against all odds? Bildungserfolg in vietnamesischen und türkischen Familien in Deutschland
Religion und Bildungserfolg im Migrationskontext – Theoretische Argumente, empirische Befunde und offene Fragen
How do coethnic communities matter for educational attainment? A comparative analysis of the United States and Canada
Indirect Effect of Economic, Social, and Cultural Status on Immigrant Students’ Science Performance Through Science Dispositions
Starting out
The social context of assimilation
How do they do it? The immigrant paradox in the transition to adulthood
Ethnic enclaves, early school leaving, and adolescent crime among immigrant youth
Ethnic Classroom Composition and Minority Language Use among Classmates
Segmented assimilation and mobility among men in the early 20th century
Divergent Destinies
Does family language matter? The role of foreign language use and family social capital in the educational achievement of immigrant students in Germany
American apartheid
Children of the Boat People
Community Forces, Social Capital, and Educational Achievement
The schooling of children of immigrants
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
The social systems of American ethnic groups
Hierarchical linear models
Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, and Human-Capital Externalities
Growing Up American
Black Identities
EthnicitiesChildren of Immigrants in America
Remaking the American Mainstream
Italian or American? The second generation in conflict
Beyond the classroom
Weighing the “burden of ‘acting white’”
Weighing the ?burden of ?acting white
Segmented Assimilation
Everything Old is New Again? Processes and Theories of Immigrant Incorporation
Assimilation and Its Discontents
Neighborhood and School Factors in the School Performance of Immigrants' Children
Assimilation and its Discontents
Does the “New” Immigration Require a “New” Theory of Intergenerational Integration
Everything Old is New Again? Processes and Theories of Immigrant Incorporation
Second Generation Decline? Children of Immigrants, Past and Present-A Reconsideration
The educational enrollment of immigrant youth
Black students' school success
The New Second Generation
No Margin for Error
Asian-American educational achievements
Embeddedness and Immigration
Second Generation Decline? Children of Immigrants, past and Present -A Reconsideration
Segmented Assimilation
Assessing the Oppositional Culture Explanation for Racial/Ethnic Differences in School Performance
Educating the second generation
The Adaptation of the Immigrant Second Generation in America
Second generations
Bad Jobs, Good Jobs, No Jobs? The Employment Experience of the Mexican American Second Generation
Self-Employment of Immigrants
Educational Progress of Children of Immigrants
The Ethnic Mobility Trap and Stratification Theory
Social Capital, Cultural Values, Immigration, and Academic Achievement
Social Capital and Its Relevance to Minority and Immigrant Populations
Social Capital
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
Acculturation, assimilation and mobility
Understanding the diversity of immigrant incorporation
Is assimilation theory dead? The effect of assimilation on adolescent well-being
The Academic Success of East-Asian-American Students-An Investment Model
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