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Immigrants' demand for informal and formal education: evidence from US time use data

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  • Nicola Daniele CONIGLIO

    (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro)

  • Rezart HOXHAJ

    (Ghent University)

  • Hubert JAYET

    (Université de Lille)

Abstract

This paper contributes to the migration literature studying the time devoted to educational activities. It uses US time-diary surveys to study the allocation of time to informal as well as formal learning and educational activities by immigrants and natives. We develop a simple theoretical framework, which highlights the different constraints/opportunity costs faced by immigrants as compared with natives. Consistently with our theoretical model, the estimates show that immigrants are more likely to engage in informal and formal education and conditional on participation, they allocate more time to these activities. We find that the main drivers are economic incentives, mostly in the early phase of working life, and that the differences between natives and immigrants persist across generations. We also find that differences between immigrants and natives are generally larger in informal education than in formal education. The investment in informal and formal learning and educational activities is likely to boost immigrants' human and social capital and contribute to their socio-economic integration.

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  • Nicola Daniele CONIGLIO & Rezart HOXHAJ & Hubert JAYET, 2022. "Immigrants' demand for informal and formal education: evidence from US time use data," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 88(4), pages 473-501, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvde:v:88:y:2022:i:4:p:473-501
    DOI: 10.1017/dem.2021.17
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    1. Coniglio, Nicola Daniele & Hoxhaj, Rezart & Lagravinese, Raffaele, 2023. "Crossing Boundaries and Time: An Exploration of Time Allocation, Emotional Well-Being of Immigrants in the United States," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1306, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

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    Keywords

    Human capital; Immigrants; Informal education; Time use; US;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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