Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobility than US-born

Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by glofish on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:59AM (#22257757)

Correct. A self-selecting sample if there ever was one.

Immigrating and deciding to live in another country takes a lot determination.

If you take ambitious and motivated black parents in America I am quite sure their children far outcompete the averages.

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by plopz on Thursday February 06, 2020 @02:20PM (#22259297)

How long in the family history does it take to lose that ambition/motivation? The colonists back in the day had to have had those same qualities. Maybe even more so with all the added risk and dangers of the time.

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by watwut on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:23PM (#22259903)

Afaik, next generation takes up values and habits of society they are in and their children are like everybody else.

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