Post-migration investment in education by immigrants in the United States

Khan, Alam Zeb

doi:10.1016/s1062-9769(97)90070-3

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“…Khan (1997), using a similar argument, finds higher post-immigration investment in education among refugee migrants to the U.S. relative to economic migrants. Similarly, Dustmann (2008) shows that among second generation immigrants to Germany, the intention by foreign-born fathers to stay permanently increases the probability of their sons' attaining upper secondary schooling.…”

Section: Return Migration and Economic Behaviormentioning

confidence: 85%

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Dustmann

Görlach

2016

Journal of Economic Literature

255

157

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Many migrations are temporary -a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants' economic behavior, generating possible consequences for non-migrants in both home and host countries. In this paper we provide a thorough examination of the various aspects of temporary migrations that matter for the analysis of economic phenomena. We demonstrate the extent of temporary migrations in population movements. We show how temporariness can affect the various economic choices and how better data have improved both the measurement of nonpermanent migrations and the analyses of various aspects of migrant behavior. We propose a general theoretical framework for modeling temporary migration decisions, based on which we outline the various motives for temporariness while simultaneously reviewing related literature and available data sources. We discuss the possible consequences of migration temporariness for non-migrants in both home and host countries.

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Section: Return Migration and Economic Behaviormentioning

confidence: 85%

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Dustmann

Görlach

2016

Journal of Economic Literature

255

157

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“…Using data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education (SIE) and the 1980 U.S. Census, and focusing on the years of schooling obtained after migration and enrolment status as dependent variables, Khan (1997) finds that the acquisition of human capital of foreign-born adult men decreases with age at migration, and is higher for refugee immigrants and those who are naturalised, and in states with low tuition fees and better quality of schooling. In the SIE data, she also finds that pre-immigration schooling up to the post-bachelor professional level is a substitute for schooling in the U.S., a finding in support of an earlier study by Borjas (1982) of male Hispanic immigrants.…”

Section: Observed Post-migration Schooling Investment and Learning Cementioning

confidence: 99%

Migration and Education

Dustmann

Glitz

2011

Handbook of the Economics of Education

244

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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 dimensions. Education and skill acquisition play an important role at many stages of an individual's migration. Differential returns to skills in origin-and destination country are a main driver of migration. The economic success of the immigrant in the destination country is to a large extent determined by her educational background, how transferable these skills are to the host country labour market, and how much she invests into further skills after arrival. The desire to acquire skills in the host country that have a high return in the country of origin may also be an important reason for a migration. From an intertemporal point of view, the possibility of a later migration may also affect educational decisions in the home country long before a migration is realised. In addition, the decisions of migrants regarding their own educational investment, and their expectations about future migration plans may also affect the educational attainment of their children. But migration and education are not only related for those who migrate or their descendants. Migrations of some individuals may have consequences for educational decisions of those who do not migrate, both in the homeand in the host country. By easing credit constraints through remittances, migration of some may help others to go to school. By changing the skill base of the receiving country, migration may change incentives to invest in certain types of human capital. Migrants and their children may create externalities that influence educational outcomes of non-migrants in the destination country. This chapter will discuss some of the key areas that connect migration and education.

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“…A contributing factor is that data on the different status of immigrants are not readily available. The few empirical studies that do make this distinction find very different outcomes between these two immigrant groups (Khan 1997;Borjas 1987). Khan (1997), using data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education and the 1980 Census of Population, finds that refugees have a higher probability of investing in schooling than other foreign-born residents.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States

Cortes

2004

Review of Economics and Statistics

375

297

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Post-migration investment in education by immigrants in the United States

Cited by 50 publications

References 8 publications

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Migration and Education

Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States

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