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<p>Children of immigrants are found to have higher aspirations than their native peers, despite lower educational outcomes and poor labour market opportunities. Analysing the development of aspirations shows that students with a migration background not only aim high while still in compulsory education, but also stay optimistic. This persistent optimism indicates that the high aspirations are not the result of a naïve misconception of labour market opportunities, but that the children of immigrants are inherently more ambitious than their native peers.</p>
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Children of immigrants are found to have higher aspirations than their native peers, despite lower educational outcomes and poor labour market opportunities. Analysing the development of aspirations shows that students with a migration background not only aim high while still in compulsory education, but also stay optimistic. This persistent optimism indicates that the high aspirations are not the result of a naïve misconception of labour market opportunities, but that the children of immigrants are inherently more ambitious than their native peers.

Naïve or Persistent Optimism? The Changing Vocational Aspirations of Children of Immigrants at the Transition from School to Work

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Children of immigrants are found to have higher aspirations than their native peers, despite lower educational outcomes and poor labour market opportunities....

Naïve or Persistent Optimism? The Changing Vocational Aspirations of Children of Immigrants at the Transition from School to Work

Published Online: Jul 12, 2022

Page range: 255 - 284

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0015

Keywords
Vocational aspirations, development of aspirations, longitudinal data

© 2022 Sara Möser, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Naïve or Persistent Optimism? The Changing Vocational Aspirations of Children of Immigrants at the Transition from School to Work

Published Online: Jul 12, 2022

Page range: 255 - 284

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0015

KeywordsVocational aspirations, development of aspirations, longitudinal data

© 2022 Sara Möser, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Vocational aspirations, development of aspirations, longitudinal data