Immigrants' socio-economic achievements and cultural diversity. Economic effects of individual and local cultural capital.

Autor/inn/en	Tubadji, Annie; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter
Titel	Immigrants' socio-economic achievements and cultural diversity. Economic effects of individual and local cultural capital. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der sozioökonomische Erfolg von Einwanderern und kulturelle Vielfalt. Ökonomische Auswirkungen individuellen und regionalen kulturellen Kapitals.
Quelle	In: International journal of manpower, 38 (2017) 5, S. 712-728 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-7720; 1758-6577
DOI	10.1108/IJM-12-2015-0232
Schlagwörter	Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Generationenbeziehung; Schulleistung; Zweite Generation; Einkommensunterschied; Inländer; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Regionaler Faktor; Hochschulabsolvent; Hoch Qualifizierter; Bourdieu, Pierre; Niederlande
Abstract	"Purpose; An interest in social transmission as a source of welfare and income inequality in a society has re-emerged recently with new vigour in leading economic research (see Picketty 2014). This paper presents a mixed Bourdieu - Mincer-type micro-economic model which provides a testable mechanism for culturally biased socio-economic intergenerational transmission. In particular, our operationalisation of this mixed Bourdieu - Mincer-type model seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on the economic achievements, in addition to the human capital effect, for both migrants and locals in the Netherlands. The main objective of the paper is to examine two sources of wage differential in the local labour market, namely: 1) individual cultural capital (approximated by immigrant background), which affects schooling results; and 2) the local cultural capital (approximated with the cultural milieu), which directly biases the selection of employees.; Design/methodology/approach; Our study utilises the 2007 - 2009 data set for higher professional education (in Dutch termed HBO) graduates registered in the Maastricht database. Our Mincer-type equation is augmented with a control variable for the local cultural milieu. We cope with this model empirically by means of 2SLS and 3SLS methods.; Findings; We find convincing evidence for the existence of both an individual cultural capital and a local cultural capital effect on schooling and wage differentials. This can be interpreted as a migrant background effect leading to a disadvantaged position on the labour market due to less frequently attending high quality secondary schools.; Originality/value; More importantly, we find evidence for a classical Myrdalian effect of self-fulfilling prophecy, in which graduates with second generation migrant background have a disadvantaged position due to access only to poorer quality of schooling." (Author's abstract, © Emerald Group).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/4