Social Science Research
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-87

Pre-school enrollment: An analysis by immigrant generation (Article)

Chiswick B.R.* , DebBurman N.
  • a Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 7121, United States
  • b Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 7121, United States

Abstract

There has been minimal research on the pre-school enrollment of immigrant children. Using 1990 US Census data, this paper investigates pre-school enrollment of child immigrants, those who immigrated as children and the US-born children of immigrants. The analysis is conducted using probit analysis. Pre-school enrollment is found to vary systematically with parental characteristics (income and education), immigrant generation, number of siblings, mother's labor supply, and country of origin. Among the foreign-born, differences in pre-school enrollment are analyzed by country of origin. Among the US-born children of immigrants pre-school enrollment is greatest among those with both parents foreign born. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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School enrollment Children Pre-school immigrants

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.06.003
ISSN: 0049089X
Cited by: 16
Original Language: English