ABSTRACT In research on immigration, a lot of attention is devoted to the intergenerational socio-economic mobility of second and third generation immigrants, but little is known about the class mobil

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Attitudes towards immigrants in European contexts. Social origins or generational influence? (2025) · doi

  How do inter- and intra-generational perspectives influence attitudes towards immigrants? Demographic studies have uncovered the roles played by parental (inter) socio-economic background and by birth cohort (intra) in shaping prejudicial or tolerant attitudes towards immigrants, but these roles have not been examined together.

  Keywords: inter intra attitudes towards immigrants roles generational perspectives influence demographic uncovered played parental socio economic
• Immigrant Selectivity Effects on Health, Labor Market, and Educational Outcomes (2020) · doi

  However, future research is needed that uses more rigorous research designs and measures, links immigrant selectivity and outcomes across domains, identifies the mechanisms through which immigrant selectivity matters, and considers different types of immigrant selectivity.

  Keywords: immigrant selectivity future needed uses rigorous designs measures links outcomes across domains identifies mechanisms matters
• SOCIAL MOBILITY SANS FRONTIÈRES? (2010) · doi

  ABSTRACT In research on immigration, a lot of attention is devoted to the intergenerational socio-economic mobility of second and third generation immigrants, but little is known about the class mobility of first generation migrants.

  Keywords: mobility generation abstract immigration attention devoted intergenerational socio economic second third immigrants little known class