蝌蚪网 Journal:
Applied Economics
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Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark
蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 17,
no. 3, July 2025
(pp. 347–79)
Abstract
In Europe, the children of migrants often have worse economic outcomes than those with local-born parents. This paper shows that children born in Denmark with immigrant parents (first-generation locals) have lower earnings, higher unemployment, less education, more welfare transfers, and more criminal convictions than children with local-born parents. However, when we condition on parental socioeconomic characteristics, first-generation locals generally perform as well or slightly better than the children of locals. While children of immigrants are more likely to come from deprived backgrounds, they do not experience substantially different outcomes conditional on parental background.Citation
Jensen, Mathias Fj忙llegaard, and Alan Manning. 2025. "Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics 17 (3): 347–79. DOI: 10.1257/app.20230389Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J82 Labor Standards: Labor Force Composition