---
_id: '22715'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Using data from the German Socio-Economic
    Panel for 1984–2018, we analyze the intergenerational education mobility of immigrants
    in Germany by identifying the determinants of differences in educational stocks
    for first- and second-generation immigrants in comparison to individuals without
    a migration background. Our results show that on average, first-generation immigrants
    have fewer years of schooling than native-born Germans and have a disproportionate
    share of lower educational qualifications. This gap is strongly driven by age
    at immigration, with immigration age and education revealing a nonlinear relationship.
    While the gap is relatively small among individuals who migrate at a young age,
    integrating in the school system at secondary school age leads to large disadvantages.
    Examining the educational mobility of immigrants in Germany, we identify an inter-generational
    catch-up in education. The gap in education between immigrants and natives is
    reduced for the second generation. Finally, we find that country of origin differences
    can account for much of the education gap. While immigrants with an ethnic background
    closer to the German language and culture show the best education outcomes, immigrants
    from Turkey, Italy, and other southern European countries and especially the group
    of war refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other MENA countries, have the
    lowest educational attainment.</jats:p>
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Thomas
  full_name: Gries, Thomas
  id: '186'
  last_name: Gries
- first_name: Margarete
  full_name: Redlin, Margarete
  id: '135'
  last_name: Redlin
- first_name: Moonum
  full_name: Zehra, Moonum
  last_name: Zehra
citation:
  ama: Gries T, Redlin M, Zehra M. Educational Assimilation of First-Generation and
    Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany. <i>Journal of International Migration
    and Integration</i>. Published online 2021. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9">10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9</a>
  apa: Gries, T., Redlin, M., &#38; Zehra, M. (2021). Educational Assimilation of
    First-Generation and Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany. <i>Journal of International
    Migration and Integration</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Gries_Redlin_Zehra_2021, title={Educational Assimilation of First-Generation
    and Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9">10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9</a>},
    journal={Journal of International Migration and Integration}, author={Gries, Thomas
    and Redlin, Margarete and Zehra, Moonum}, year={2021} }'
  chicago: Gries, Thomas, Margarete Redlin, and Moonum Zehra. “Educational Assimilation
    of First-Generation and Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany.” <i>Journal of
    International Migration and Integration</i>, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9</a>.
  ieee: 'T. Gries, M. Redlin, and M. Zehra, “Educational Assimilation of First-Generation
    and Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany,” <i>Journal of International Migration
    and Integration</i>, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9">10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9</a>.'
  mla: Gries, Thomas, et al. “Educational Assimilation of First-Generation and Second-Generation
    Immigrants in Germany.” <i>Journal of International Migration and Integration</i>,
    2021, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9">10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9</a>.
  short: T. Gries, M. Redlin, M. Zehra, Journal of International Migration and Integration
    (2021).
date_created: 2021-07-13T08:08:41Z
date_updated: 2022-08-23T08:24:35Z
department:
- _id: '200'
- _id: '475'
- _id: '202'
doi: 10.1007/s12134-021-00863-9
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Journal of International Migration and Integration
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1488-3473
  - 1874-6365
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Educational Assimilation of First-Generation and Second-Generation Immigrants
  in Germany
type: journal_article
user_id: '135'
year: '2021'
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