Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Casey, Teresa; Dustmann, Christian
Titel	Intergenerational Transmission of Language Capital and Economic Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 43 (2008) 3, S.660-687 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Family Characteristics; Labor Market; Immigrants; Language Proficiency; Economic Opportunities; Parent Child Relationship; Language Fluency + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of language capital among immigrants, and the effect of language deficiencies on the economic performance of second-generation immigrants. Using a long panel that oversamples immigrants, we can follow their children after they have left the parental home. Our results show a sizeable significant association between parents' and children's fluency, conditional on parental and family characteristics. We find that language deficiencies of the second generation are associated with poorer labor market outcomes for females only. Finally, we find a strong relationship between parental fluency and female labor market outcomes, which works through the child's language proficiency. (Contains 13 tables, 1 figure and 18 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10