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How Interethnic Marriages Affect the Educational Attainment of Children: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Author(s) / Creator(s)

van Ours, Jan C.
Veenman, Justus

Abstract / Description

The allocation of Moluccan immigrants across towns and villages at arrival in the Netherlands and the subsequent formation of interethnic marriages resemble a natural experiment. The exogenous variation in marriage formation allows us to estimate the causal effect of interethnic marriages on the educational attainment of children from such marriages. We find that children from Moluccan fathers and native mothers have a higher educational attainment than children from ethnic homogeneous Moluccan couples or children from a Moluccan mother and a native father.

Keyword(s)

Eheschließung Erziehung Erfolg Interethnische Ehe Kindererziehung Erfolg interethnic marriages educational attainment

Persistent Identifier

Date of first publication

2008

Is part of series

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3308

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    van Ours, Jan C.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Veenman, Justus
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:07:29Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-02
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:32:09Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:07:29Z
  • Date of first publication
    2008
  • Abstract / Description
    The allocation of Moluccan immigrants across towns and villages at arrival in the Netherlands and the subsequent formation of interethnic marriages resemble a natural experiment. The exogenous variation in marriage formation allows us to estimate the causal effect of interethnic marriages on the educational attainment of children from such marriages. We find that children from Moluccan fathers and native mothers have a higher educational attainment than children from ethnic homogeneous Moluccan couples or children from a Moluccan mother and a native father.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16122
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1082
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9143
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 3308
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3308
  • Keyword(s)
    Eheschließung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Erziehung
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  • Keyword(s)
    Erfolg
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Interethnische Ehe
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Kindererziehung
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Erfolg
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    interethnic marriages
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  • Keyword(s)
    educational attainment
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    How Interethnic Marriages Affect the Educational Attainment of Children: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
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  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok