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DebBurman studies the differences in education among immigrants: compared by generation,
age-at-immigration, and country-of-origin. Educational attainment of adults and school
enrollment among high school and pre-school children are evaluated using Becker's theories
of human capital investment and demand for schooling. Second-generation adult immigrants
have the highest level of schooling, exceeding that of both first-generation and U.S. born,
while the first-generation possess the highest level of pre- and high school enrollment.
Teenage immigrants complete fewer school years and are less likely enroll in high school.
Hispanics and Blacks lag non-Hispanic Whites. This gap narrows with higher order immigrant
generations among Hispanics, but widens among blacks. However, schooling differences by
country-of-origin are more complex.
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