| dc.contributor.author | Ahmed, Nina. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:33:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2002 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ67646 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55819 | |
| dc.description | This study develops a theoretical model of the sources of variation in child outcomes between families. Differences in the productivity coefficients of children and differences in the inputs available to the children are the broad sources of variation. Empirically, this study undertakes three comparisons using Cycle 2 (1996--97) data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) in Canada. First, the study compares the health and educational outcomes of children of the Native-born Canadian (NBC) group with those of the immigrant group in general. Differences are also investigated within the three immigrant sub-groups: the American immigrant group, the European immigrant group and Asian immigrant group. Second, this study tests the hypothesis that the children of any immigrant group in Canada would have a higher level of health and educational outcomes for the same level of resources. Third, the study examines the association of time of residency of immigrants in different groups and the health and educational outcomes of their children. | en_US |
| dc.description | Two alternative definitions of an immigrant family are examined in this study. A combined immigrant family is defined as one in which at least one of the parents is foreign-born; while an all parent immigrant family is defined as one in which one or both parents with whom the child lives are foreign-born. Health outcomes are measured by the PMK's (person most knowledgeable about the child) assessment of the child's health. Educational outcomes are measured by the teacher's assessment of the child's overall performance and by mathematics test scores. Ordered logit models are employed for the PMK's assessment of the child's health and the teacher's assessment of the child's overall performance. OLS and Heckman's two-stage models are used for the math scores. The children selected for analysis are 6 to 13 years of age. | en_US |
| dc.description | The NLSCY data suggest that the health outcomes of children in the combined immigrant group are similar to that in the NBC group. However, the health outcomes in the all parents immigrant group and the Asian immigrant group are slightly lower. Among the immigrant sub-groups, the American immigrant group has the highest outcomes. The health status of children of any immigrant group is likely to be better than that of the NBC group if they were provided the resources of the children of the NBC group. Also, there is statistical evidence that the health status of children of immigrant families would improve with the time of residency of immigrant parents, if it were lower initially. | en_US |
| dc.description | The findings from the educational outcomes suggest that the outcomes of any immigrant groups are significantly better than those of the NBC group, and the American immigrant group has the highest outcomes. The educational outcomes as measured by the teacher's assessment would be better even for the same level of resources. There is, however, mixed evidence that the mathematics performances of children in immigrant families would be better than those in the NBC families for the same level of resources. There is no evidence that the educational outcomes of children would improve with the time of residency of immigrant parents in Canada. The findings of this study demonstrate that the children of immigrant families are assimilating human capital and fitting into Canadian society quite well. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 2002. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
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| dc.subject | Economics, General. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sociology, Individual and Family Studies. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies. | en_US |
| dc.title | Fitting in: Human capital assimilation of children of immigrant families in Canada. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
