Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299963 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17035
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A key measure of equality of opportunity is intergenerational mobility. Of particular interest is the extent to which children of immigrants catch up with natives. Using administrative data for the Netherlands, we find large gaps in the absolute income mobility of immigrants relative to natives (-23%), suggestive of large, persistent income gaps for future generations as well. Important drivers are differences in household composition and in personal incomes. However, we also uncover substantial heterogeneity by country of origin. Children of immigrants from China actually have higher incomes than natives, which is closely related to their educational outcomes.
Subjects: 
intergenerational mobility
immigrants
Netherlands
JEL: 
D31
J15
J61
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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