Parents’ years in Sweden and children’s educational performance

Christopher D. Smith; Jonas Helgertz; Kirk Scott

doi:10.1186/s40176-016-0054-2

Parents’ years in Sweden and children’s educational performance

Christopher D. Smith, Jonas Helgertz, Kirk Scott

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper assesses the intergenerational effect of immigrant parents’ incorporation experiences, measured as time in Sweden, on the educational performance of their children, using full Swedish population registry data for 22 cohorts. Employing family fixed-effects, we examine final course grades and national standardized test scores in Swedish and math by parents’ country of origin. Results show a positive effect of parents’ time in Sweden on their children’s performance in Swedish, but not for math performance. These results demonstrate the importance of parents’ linguistic acculturation on their children’s educational performance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6
Journal	IZA Journal of Migration
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40176-016-0054-2
State	Published - Dec 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Smith et al.

Keywords

Family fixed-effects
Immigrant incorporation
Intergenerational mobility
Second generation
Years since migration

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access

10.1186/s40176-016-0054-2

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

@article{2e16819793d04e049ccbfc905e9b41c1,

title = "Parents{\textquoteright} years in Sweden and children{\textquoteright}s educational performance",

abstract = "This paper assesses the intergenerational effect of immigrant parents{\textquoteright} incorporation experiences, measured as time in Sweden, on the educational performance of their children, using full Swedish population registry data for 22 cohorts. Employing family fixed-effects, we examine final course grades and national standardized test scores in Swedish and math by parents{\textquoteright} country of origin. Results show a positive effect of parents{\textquoteright} time in Sweden on their children{\textquoteright}s performance in Swedish, but not for math performance. These results demonstrate the importance of parents{\textquoteright} linguistic acculturation on their children{\textquoteright}s educational performance.",

keywords = "Family fixed-effects, Immigrant incorporation, Intergenerational mobility, Second generation, Years since migration",

author = "Smith, {Christopher D.} and Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Smith et al.",

year = "2016",

month = dec,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1186/s40176-016-0054-2",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "5",

journal = "IZA Journal of Migration",

issn = "2193-9039",

publisher = "Springer Open",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Parents’ years in Sweden and children’s educational performance

AU - Smith, Christopher D.

AU - Helgertz, Jonas

AU - Scott, Kirk

PY - 2016/12/1

Y1 - 2016/12/1

N2 - This paper assesses the intergenerational effect of immigrant parents’ incorporation experiences, measured as time in Sweden, on the educational performance of their children, using full Swedish population registry data for 22 cohorts. Employing family fixed-effects, we examine final course grades and national standardized test scores in Swedish and math by parents’ country of origin. Results show a positive effect of parents’ time in Sweden on their children’s performance in Swedish, but not for math performance. These results demonstrate the importance of parents’ linguistic acculturation on their children’s educational performance.

AB - This paper assesses the intergenerational effect of immigrant parents’ incorporation experiences, measured as time in Sweden, on the educational performance of their children, using full Swedish population registry data for 22 cohorts. Employing family fixed-effects, we examine final course grades and national standardized test scores in Swedish and math by parents’ country of origin. Results show a positive effect of parents’ time in Sweden on their children’s performance in Swedish, but not for math performance. These results demonstrate the importance of parents’ linguistic acculturation on their children’s educational performance.

KW - Family fixed-effects

KW - Immigrant incorporation

KW - Intergenerational mobility

KW - Second generation

KW - Years since migration

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983377490&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84983377490&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1186/s40176-016-0054-2

DO - 10.1186/s40176-016-0054-2

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84983377490

SN - 2193-9039

VL - 5

JO - IZA Journal of Migration

JF - IZA Journal of Migration

IS - 1

M1 - 6

ER -

Parents’ years in Sweden and children’s educational performance

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this