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Author: Hample, Kelsey
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Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families Honors Project Paper 105, Department of Economics, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2010. Also: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/econ_honproj/105 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Digital Commons@ Illinois Wesleyan University (DC@IWU) Keyword(s): Earnings; Human Capital; Immigrants; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parental Investments; Undergraduate Research Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. While immigrants in the United States tend to earn less than comparable natives, their children close the earnings gap. The purpose of this study is to determine how differences in intergenerational transfer of human capital between immigrant families and native families affect different earning outcomes for respondents of each group. Specifically, this study uses a human capital framework to analyze both the direct effect of parental education on respondent earnings and the indirect effect on earnings by first affecting respondent education, which in turn affects respondent earnings. Data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth allows background variables within a family from 1979 to be related to respondent earnings in 2006. Thus, human capital investments made by parents can be linked to respondent outcomes several years later. The analysis shows that while parental education is a strong predictor of respondent education and earnings in the native population, it is weaker for second generation immigrants. Perhaps second generation immigrants overcome deficiencies in their parents' human capital through higher levels of motivation. |
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Hample, Kelsey. "Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families." Honors Project Paper 105, Department of Economics, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2010. |
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Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families Undergraduate Economic Review 7,1 (2011): Article 6. Also: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol7/iss1/6 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Digital Commons@ Illinois Wesleyan University (DC@IWU) Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Human Capital; Immigrants; Income Level; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Undergraduate Research; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. While immigrants in the United States tend to earn less than comparable natives, their children close the earnings gap. The purpose of this study is to determine how differences in intergenerational transfer of human capital between immigrant families and native families affect different earning outcomes for respondents of each group. Specifically, this study uses a human capital framework to analyze both the direct effect of parental education on respondent earnings and the indirect effect on earnings by first affecting respondent education, which in turn affects respondent earnings. Data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth allows background variables within a family from 1979 to be related to respondent earnings in 2006. Thus, human capital investments made by parents can be linked to respondent outcomes several years later. The analysis shows that while parental education is a strong predictor of respondent education and earnings in the native population, it is weaker for second generation immigrants. Perhaps second generation immigrants overcome deficiencies in their parents' human capital through higher levels of motivation. |
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Hample, Kelsey. "Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families." Undergraduate Economic Review 7,1 (2011): Article 6.
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Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families The Park Place Economist 18,1 (2010): 10. Also: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/parkplace/vol18/iss1/10/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Digital Commons@ Illinois Wesleyan University (DC@IWU) Keyword(s): Earnings; Educational Attainment; Human Capital; Immigrants; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Undergraduate Research Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. An important implication of the increasing number and diversity of immigrants is the exponentially increasing number of immigrant descendants, especially those who have not fully assimilated to American culture. As this number grows, it becomes increasingly important to study the differences in human capital that immigrants offer compared to natives, and how that human capital benefits their children. Once this is understood, policy can be enacted both to increase the efficiency of these benefits and to try to translate these benefits to native children. For instance, if being bilingual greatly increases the earnings of second-generation immigrants, scholarships could be given to bilingual individuals and policy could be enacted to increase secondary language acquisition in schools. This study will analyze the effect of having immigrant parents on the next generation‘s earnings. |
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Hample, Kelsey. "Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital among Immigrant Families." The Park Place Economist 18,1 (2010): 10.
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