Chen, Natalie, Conconi, Paola and Perroni, Carlo (2007) Intergenerational mobility of migrants: is there a gender gap? Working Paper. University of Warwick, Department of Economics, Coventry.

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Abstract

We examine gender differences in intergenerational patterns of social mobility for second-generation migrants. Empirical studies of social mobility have found that women are generally more mobile than men. Matching theory suggests that this may be because the importance of market characteristics (financial wealth and earning power) relative to non-market characteristics in the marriage market is lesser for women than men, and market characteristics can be intergenerationally more persistent than non-market characteristics. According to this interpretation, the mobility gender gap should be wider for second-generation migrant households, where gender roles remain more pronounced than in the non-migrant population. We explore this conjecture using data from the US General Social Survey. Our results show that daughters of first-generation migrants are intergenerationally more mobile than migrant’s sons, and more so than it is the case for non-migrants’ children.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	General Social Survey (U.S.) , Intergenerational relations -- United States, Social mobility -- United States, Women -- Social conditions, Marriage -- Economic aspects -- United States
Series Name:	Warwick economic research papers
Publisher:	University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Date:	September 2007
Number:	No.815
Number of Pages:	31
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	RES-000-22-1367 (ESRC)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1401

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