The Human Capital (Schooling) of Immigrants in America
43 Pages Posted: 13 Oct 2012
Abstract
This paper deals with several salient issues about immigrants to the United States and their education. These issues include a comparison of the schooling accomplishments of immigrants and the native-born that emphasizes the considerable diversity in the schooling accomplishments among different immigrant sub-groups and between legal and undocumented migrants. I also examine the role of the foreign-born who come to the United States for post-secondary schooling. Finally, I show that the educational generational progress among all groups of immigrants to the United States has been quite impressive during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Keywords: immigration, education
JEL Classification: I20, I23, I28, J10, J15, J61
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