Children of Immigrants in Southern Europe: Overcoming Ethnic Penalties

The goal of successfully incorporating ethnic minorities represents a decisive challenge for modern societies. However, migratory background continues to negatively affect the life trajectories of migrants’ descendants. ‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ barriers determine long-term inequality gaps and low intergenerational social mobility in both longstanding and more recent European immigration countries.

This book complements the sparse findings on education, labour market outcomes, and wellbeing relating...