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Immigrant Generational Mobility

Immigrant Generational Mobility is a sociological construct that measures the extent to which successive generations of immigrants achieve upward movement in socioeconomic status relative to their parents, particularly in terms of education, income, and occupational attainment within the host society.

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108

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2017–2026

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Segmented assimilation on the ground: The new second generation in early adulthood

Alejandro Portes, Patricia Fernández‐Kelly, William Haller · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2005 · 621 citations

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Second Generation Decline? Children of Immigrants, past and Present –A Reconsideration

Joel Perlmann, Roger Waldinger · International Migration Review · 1997 · 343 citations

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Segmented assimilation revisited: types of acculturation and socioeconomic mobility in young adulthood

Mary C. Waters, Van C. Tran, Philip Kasinitz et al. · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2010 · 233 citations · Full text

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Welfare regimes and social stratification

Gøsta Esping‐Andersen · Journal of European Social Policy · 2014 · 228 citations

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Mexican Immigration to the United States

George J. Borjas · 2007 · 203 citations

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Authors

158

  1. VC
    Van C. Tran

    Columbia University, United States

    5 publications · 478 citations

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  2. GJ
    George J. Borjas

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    3 publications · 356 citations

    3

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  3. RA
    Richard Alba

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    3 publications · 88 citations

    3

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  4. SP
    Steven P. Erie

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. JL
    Jennifer Lee

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 194 citations

    2

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Institutions

108

  1. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    429 citations

  2. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    207 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    771 citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    394 citations

  5. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    764 citations

  6. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    115 citations

  7. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    473 citations

  8. Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    103 citations

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Venues

  1. International Migration Review

    IMR · 13 publications · 1K citations

    13

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  2. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    JEMS · 5 publications · 286 citations

    5

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  3. 4

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  4. Ethnic and Racial Studies

    4 publications · 947 citations

    4

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 74 citations

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