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Figure 6.1: Hypothetical transition matrix The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 Child’s position in income distribution Father’s.

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1 Figure 6.1: Hypothetical transition matrix The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 Child’s position in income distribution Father’s position in income distribution Bottom quintile Second quintile Middle quintile Fourth quintile Top quintile Bottom quintile p 11 p 12 p 13 p 14 p 15 Second quintile p 21 p 22 p 23 p 24 p 25 Middle quintile p 31 p 32 p 33 p 34 p 35 Fourth quintile p 41 p 42 p 43 p 44 p 45 Top quintile p 51 p 52 p 53 p 54 p 55

2 Table 6.1: Average income gap relative to 3rd-plus generation, by year in the United States The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 Year1 st generation2 nd generation 19500.3%3.6% 1970-6.7%7.3% 1994-1996-25.3%2.0% 2011-2013-23.7%-2.4%

3 Figure 6.2: Transition matrices for natives and immigrants in Switzerland The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 Son’s position in income distribution ImmigrantsNatives Father’s position in income distribution Bottom quartile Second quartile Third quartile Top quartile Bottom quartile Second quartile Third quartile Top quartile Bottom quartile 4528171037252017 Second quartile 3029261529 2221 Third quartile 1229253417273026 Top quartile 1314324115183037

4 Table 6.2: Intergenerational transmission of earnings and education in the U.S. The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 MenWomen Time periodsEarningsEducationEarningsEducation 1940 and 19700.440.410.210.47 1970 and 1994-19960.620.430.500.42

5 Table 6.3: Educational attainment by immigrant generation The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 % not completed secondary school% attended college 1 st gen2 nd gen. 3 rd + gen.1 st gen2 nd gen. 3 rd + gen. Country 1 immig. parent 2 immig. parents 1 immig. parent 2 immig. parents Canada2319142445445037 France4324262326352931 Germany34-19827281427 Ireland1619-2847 5334 Netherlands3724292227352935 Spain4033554324402135 Sweden2914151335322834 Switzerland2767535393436 UK20 222534434533 U.S.31511103445 40

6 Table 6.4: Educational attainment by immigrant generation, U.S. The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 % not completed secondary school% attended college 1 st gen2 nd gen. 3 rd + gen.1 st gen2 nd gen. 3 rd + gen. Year 1 immigr. Parent 2 immigr. parents 1 immigr. parent 2 immigr. parents 1950765663629181416 19705134464124302125 1994-1996421012 35595852 2011-20133769736706863

7 Table 6.5: Percentage of children in the U.S. who speak a language other than English at home The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 1 st gen.2 nd gen.3 rd + gen. Year 1 immigrant parent 2 immigrant parents 198075.325.868.74.3 199087.730.878.74.6 200085.536.282.54.6 201081.840.181.34.7

8 Table 6.6: Ethnic attrition rates in the U.S., by immigrant generation The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 1 st gen.2 nd gen. Country Both parents born in country Only father born in country Only mother born in country China1.84.627.442.5 Cuba2.25.231.431.6 Dominican Republic10.111.723.223.5 El Salvador3.123.688.183.8 India8.514.568.784.1 Japan3.42.326.741.6 Korea1.72.642.031.5 Mexico1.12.18.310.2 Philippines4.14.831.351.1

9 Table 6.7: Average income gap relative to native-born whites, by ethnicity in the UK The Economics of Immigration, by Bansak, Simpson & Zavodny ©2015 MenWomen Ethnic group1 st gen.2 nd + gen.1 st gen.2 nd + gen. White-3.4%--5.5%- Indian-26.9%-4.7%-23.6%-5.1% Pakistani-34.2%-11.0%-21.3%-3.9% Black African-43.5%-30.1%-31.8%-17.6% Black Caribbean-21.6%-12.8%-8.7%-2.9% Bangladeshi-55.3%-12.9%-21.4%-3.8% Chinese-27.4%-9.4%-17.3%-2.3%


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