International Migration Review
Volume 51, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 97-126

Has Migration Been Beneficial for Migrants and Their Children?: Comparing Social Mobility of Turks in Western Europe, Turks in Turkey, and Western European Natives (Article)

Zuccotti C.V. , Ganzeboom H.B.G. , Guveli A.
  • a University of Brighton, United Kingdom
  • b VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • c University of Essex, United Kingdom

Abstract

The study compares the social mobility and status attainment of first- and second-generation Turks in nine Western European countries with those of Western European natives and with those of Turks in Turkey. It shows that the children of low-class migrants are more likely to acquire a higher education than their counterparts in Turkey, making them more educationally mobile. Moreover, they successfully convert this education in the Western European labor market, and are upwardly mobile relative to the first generation. When comparing labor market outcomes of second generations relative to Turks in Turkey, however, the results show that the same level of education leads to a higher occupation in Turkey. The implications of these findings are discussed. © 2015 by the Center for Migration Studies of New York. All rights reserved.

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labor migration mobility educational attainment Western Europe labor market population migration immigrant population
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DOI: 10.1111/imre.12219
ISSN: 01979183
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English