What Holds Back the Second Generation? The Intergenerational Transmission of Language Human Capital among Immigrants

Autor/inn/en	Bleakley, Hoyt; Chin, Aimee
Titel	What Holds Back the Second Generation? The Intergenerational Transmission of Language Human Capital among Immigrants
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 43 (2008) 2, S.267-298 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Least Squares Statistics; Language Skills; Immigrants; Second Language Learning; Developmental Stages; Census Figures; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Preschool Education; Attendance; Dropouts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Volkszählung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skills; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Anwesenheit; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen
Abstract	In 2000 Census microdata, various outcomes of second-generation immigrants are related to their parents' age at arrival in the United States, and in particular whether that age fell within the "critical period" of language acquisition. We interpret this as an effect of the parents' English-language skills and construct an instrumental variable for parental English proficiency. Estimates of the effect of parents' English-speaking proficiency using two-stage least squares yield significant, positive results for children's English-speaking proficiency and preschool attendance, and significant, negative results for dropping out of high school and being below age-appropriate grade. (Contains 4 figures, 6 tables and 41 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10