Immigrant generations : results from high school to midlife

This thesis examines the relationship between immigrant generation and early adulthood incorporation into higher education and work. Using data from the High School and Beyond Sophomore cohort I explore when and where disparities between the children of immigrants and their native-born, native parent peers emerge. I find that the relationship between immigrant generation and post-secondary education enrollment and early adulthood employment varies by gender. Furthermore, it is at the entry points into higher education and work that disparities emerge. This research indicates that entry into social institutions should be considered as likely sites of inequality and that processes of incorporation may be gendered.