Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries Tue., December 08, 2020 | 1:30 PM — 3:00 PM Zoom Webinar 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States Sponsored By: Center for Economics of Human Development Lifecycle Working Group Lecture Series Abstract: Using millions of father-son pairs spanning more than 100 years of US history, we find that children of immigrants from nearly every sending country have higher rates of upward mobility than children of the US-born. Immigrants’ advantage is similar historically and today despite dramatic shifts in sending countries and US immigration policy. In the past, this advantage can be explained by immigrants moving to areas with better prospects for their children and by “under-placement” of the first generation in the income distribution. These findings are consistent with the “American Dream” view that even poorer immigrants can improve their children’s prospects. Register Now Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Benjamin Stock, MPP’23 Thu., April 24, 2025 Harris Policy Innovation Challenge Announces 2025 Winning Team Thu., April 17, 2025 Professor Jens Ludwig Analyzes the Use of AI in Econometrics in New Working Paper Wed., April 16, 2025