Thanks so much for sharing, @barbarabiasi.com!

Thanks so much, @annagoeddeke.bsky.social! And sorry I missed you, @mhalla.bsky.social 😅

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@seperez84.bsky.social should have been tagged as well!

10/ Comments are very welcome!

9/ And yes… It’s a pretty long paper! But primarily because we include sets of country-specific results – if interested in a particular country, go to Appendix C. bsky.app/profile/peng...

8/ Michael Siegenthaler, Louis Sirugue, Javier Soria Espín, Jan Stuhler, Giovanni L. Violante, Dinand Webbink, Andrea Weber, @jzhangecon.bsky.social, Angela Zheng, and Tom Zohar...

7/ Yvonne Giesing, @yajnagovind.bsky.social, Martin Halla, Dominik Hangartner, Yuyan Jiang, Cecilia Karmel, Fanny Landaud, @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @izmartinez86.bsky.social, @poloalberto.com, Panu Poutvaara, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Roman, Kjell G. Salvanes, @mulysan.bsky.social,

6/ Team includes: Leah Boustan, @fjaellegaard.bsky.social, Ran Abramitzky, Elisa Jácome, @alanmanning4.bsky.social, Santiago Pérez, Analysia Watley, @adrianadermon.bsky.social, @jarellanobover.com, @olofaslund.bsky.social, Marie Connolly, Nathan Deutscher, Anne C. Gielen,

5/ This paper is a massive collaboration – 38 amazing co-authors (!) – bringing together unique datasets from around the world. We hope it sparks further discussion on immigration and economic mobility. Read it here: docs.iza.org/dp17711.pdf

4/ Why do children of immigrants in some countries do better than others? We find that access to citizenship, labor market institutions, and attitudes toward immigrants matter. In places with long immigration histories (US/Canada/Australia/Israel), second-gen immigrants often face higher income.

3/ Yet, not all income gaps close. Sons of immigrants in many European countries often face lower income compared to sons of local-born parents. Our analysis shows that second-gen gaps in absolute income mobility vary substantially by country, more so for sons.

2/ First-generation immigrants tend to have lower incomes than locals, but their children often move up the economic ladder. In most countries, second-gen income gaps shrink – sometimes disappearing altogether. Daughters of immigrants do particularly well in most destinations.