Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295646 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 13/21
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
Despite lower social class origins, children of immigrants in the UK are now attaining high levels of education. However, they experience poorer labour market outcomes, often attributed in part to disadvantaged origins. This paper engages with this paradox. We posit two potential mechanisms for second-generation educational success - social class misallocation and immigrant advantage - and discuss how far these sources of advantage might be replicated in labour market outcomes. We substantiate our discussion with empirical analyses. Drawing on a unique longitudinal study of England and Wales spanning 40 years and encompassing one percent of the population, we present new evidence on the educational and occupational social mobility of men and women from four immigrant-origin groups and the white British majority. We demonstrate that ethnic minorities' educational advantage is only partially reflected in the labour market. We reflect on the implications of our findings for research on 'ethnic penalties' and social mobility.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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