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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2006
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1943
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
We compare the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an overall convergence in average earnings between immigrants and natives. This convergence hides a divergence in average earnings between groups of immigrants with different ethnic origins. We find that, on average, immigrants have a lower intergenerational earnings mobility, also (on average) within groups with similar ethnic backgrounds. Immigrants with a relatively low intergenerational earnings mobility increased their average earnings more in the second generation, thereby supporting the idea that low intergenerational earnings mobility can be interpreted as a high degree of intergenerational transmission of human capital.
Schlagwörter: 
intergenerational income mobility
intergenerational earnings correlation
Becker-Tomes model
ethnic capital
JEL: 
J15
J24
J61
J62
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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