title: Second generation decline? Children of immigrants, past and present--a reconsideration.
abstract: "Is the contemporary second generation on the road to the upward mobility and assimilation that in retrospect characterized the second generation of earlier immigrations? Or are the American economic context and the racial origins of today's immigration likely to result in a much less favorable future for the contemporary second generation? While several recent papers have argued for the latter position, we suspect they are too pessimistic. We briefly review the second generation upward mobility in the past and then turn to the crucial comparisons between past and present."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perlmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waldinger
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012106:Research; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012937:Social Mobility; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Acculturation; Americas; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Generations; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Social Change; Social Class; Social Mobility; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States