Ethnic minorities are going better than their parents

Last Updated on Monday, 26 September 2011 13:07 Monday, 26 September 2011 13:06

Written by China Times

Immigrant children often earn more than their parents. Moroccan and Turkish children earned more in 2008 than their fathers in 1999.

This is evident from the study of population trends for the third quarter of 2011 by the Central Bureau of Statistics. CBS compared the earnings of immigrants from 25 to 35 years old with those of their parents to 65 years old and judge it together with the data of natives. The data must be interpreted with caution, says CBS.

CBS also looked at the education of natives and immigrants. Native oldest children (25-35 years) more often had a degree in higher education than immigrants in 2008. The immigrants from the second generation do better in school than the first, according to CBS.