Intergenerational mobility in the post-1965 immigration era: Estimates by an immigrant generation cohort method |
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Authors: | Julie Park Dowell Myers |
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Institution: | (1) College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, University of Vermont, 438 College St., Burlington, VT 05405, USA |
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Abstract: | The new second generation of the post-1965 immigration era is observed as children with their parents in 1980 and again as
adults 25 years later. Intergenerational mobility is assessed for both men and women in four major racial/ethnic groups, both
in regard to children’s status attainment relative to parents and with regard to the rising societal standards proxied by
native-born non-Hispanic whites. A profile of intergenerational mobility is prepared using multiple indicators of status attainment:
high school and college completion, upper white-collar occupation, poverty, and homeowner ship. The immigrant generation cohort
method we introduce accounts for four distinct temporal dimensions of immigrant progress, clarifying inconsistencies in the
literature and highlighting differences in mobility between racial/ethnic groups and with respect to different outcome measures.
The immigrant generation cohort method consistently finds greater intergenerational mobility than suggested by alternative
approaches. Our analysis also shows that the intergenerational progress of women is greater than that of men and provides
a more complete record of immigrant mobility overall. Findings for individual racial/ethnic groups accord with some expectations
in the literature and contradict others. |
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