This paper reviews recent research in ten Western European countries on the educational
and labor market outcomes of second-generation minorities. Minorities from less-developed …

This report surveys the research in OECD countries on intergenerational mobility–ie the
extent to which key characteristics and life experiences of individuals differ from those of …

Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the
human agent. Migration and education are decisions that are indeed intertwined in many …

This paper compares the educational attainment of second-generation immigrants with that
of children born to native parents in several OECD countries. We show that the average gap …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the largely ignored issue of the
determinants of the educational attainment of adults by immigrant generation. Using current …

6 Vorwort familien zufriedengeben. Sowohl der wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisfortschritt als
auch das sozialpolitische Engagement im Zusammenhang mit der Situation der Kinder und …

The Handbook of the Economics of Education describes the research frontier in key topical
areas and sets the agenda for further work. Modern analysis in the economics of education …

Studies on immigrants' disadvantage focus predominantly on labour market perspectives.
Immigrants' poor education is a subject much less examined especially in a cross-national …

We analyze the role of distance to the nearest university in the demand for higher education
in Germany. Distance could matter due to transaction costs or due to neighbourhood effects …

We explore reasons for return migrations which are motivated by immigrants' concerns
about their children. We develop a simple model, where parents have paternalistic …