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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by ajuc on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:09PM (#22257859)
That's because immigrants often have artificially lowered status compared to what they had in their home country. They might have been white collar workers there but they have to work worst jobs in US because of language and other barriers.

They still have high expectations for their kids and support them like better-off parents would, so when kids enter the job market with no language barrier - they return to their usual place.

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by dannyperson on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:28PM (#22258081)
This makes sense - my grandfather was a top lawyer in his home country before fleeing a war. As a refugee in a foreign country, he did manage to get a law position with some connections he had - but his XX years of foreign law experience weren't very useful in the new country.
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