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The integration of the children of immigrants – both those born in the host country (“second generation”) and those who arrived young enough to be educated in the host country – is of growing policy relevance for OECD countries. This group is entering the labour market in ever-larger numbers. Since these children of immigrants have been raised and educated in the host country, their outcomes are often seen as the “benchmark” for successful integration policy. Concern over labour market integration is particularly pertinent for those children whose parents were low-educated.
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The introductory session provided an overview of the labour market outcomes of the children of immigrants across the OECD, based on new data collected by the OECD Secretariat. The first session looked at the main determinants of educational and labour market outcomes of the children of migrants, with two presentations contrasting the situation in European OECD countries (based on new data from the project “The Integration of the European Second Generation”) and North America, followed by discussion of the implications of these findings. The session also included a brief presentation of the main findings of the OECD work on the school-to-work transition. It ended with a discussion of the impact of labour market institutions and characteristics on integration.