TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borjas,George J.
TI  - The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 3972
PY  - 1992
Y2  - January 1992
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3972
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3972.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-1393
Fax: 617/495-9532
E-Mail: gborjas@harvard.edu
AB  - This paper analyzes the intergenerational mobility of immigrants. Using the 1940-1970 Censuses, the study reveals an important link between the earnings of immigrants and the earnings of their American-born children. Although there is some regression towards the mean, the earnings of second-generation Americans are strongly affected by variables describing economic conditions in the source countries of their parents. Current immigration policy, therefore, determines not only how immigrants perform in the labor market, but also determines tomorrow's differences in the labor market experiences of American-born ethnic groups.
ER  -