Access to employment for children of immigrants. An exploratory review of several explanatory factors.

Abstract

This paper analyses the situation of the "second generation" of immigrants on the labour market and the main factors that influence their professional careers. We define the second generation as the children of immigrants who were born in their countries of residence or who have had most of theirschooling in those countries (Bolzman, Fibbi, Vial, 2003). The question of integration into the labour market of the "second generation" has long been a concern in North America and in Europe. However, as indicated by an OECD report (Liebig & Widmaier, 2009), labour market integration of the children of immigrants is an area in which knowledge is gradually evolving internationally, but is still underdeveloped.