Frank van Tubergen

Bio: Frank van Tubergen is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethnic group & Human capital. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 86 publications receiving 3682 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank van Tubergen include King Abdulaziz University & University of Groningen.

The Economic Incorporation of Immigrants in 18 Western Societies: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects

Abstract: This article examines differences in labor market participation and unemployment between immigrant groups in different countries. The authors argue that two macro designs must be combined to provide a more comprehensive perspective on the economic integration of immigrant groups. Instead of reliance on observations of multiple-origin groups in a single destination or a single-origin group in multiple destinations, multiple origins in multiple destinations are compared, suggesting that the economic status of immigrants may be affected by the country from which they come (“origin effect”), the country to which they migrate (“destination effect”), and the specific relations between origins and destinations (“community effect”). From the human capital theory, compositional hypotheses are derived, which predict that these macro effects can be attributed to the selection of human capital. From discrimination theories, contextual hypotheses are deduced, which maintain that macro effects can be ascribed to in-gro...

Ethnic intermarriage in the Netherlands: confirmations and refutations of accepted insights

Abstract: Previous studies on ethnic intermarriage have been done mainly in the United States and in other classical immigration countries. This article examines ethnic intermarriage among Surinamese, Dutch Antilleans, Turks, and Moroccans in the Netherlands. From a theoretical and empirical perspective, it is important to examine whether patterns observed earlier in traditional immigrant countries equally apply to the Dutch context. To obtain a sufficiently large sample, this study pools five nationally representative surveys, conducted in the period 1988–2002. In line with findings documented before, it observes that ethnic exogamy occurs more frequently among the second generation, and among those who arrived at a younger age, and who are higher educated. Equally corresponding to previous work, the study reports that ethnic intermarriage is more frequent when the group-specific sex ratio is more uneven and when the ethnic group is predominantly second generation. Contrary to findings observed elsewhere, results show that the black Surinamese and Dutch Antilleans have high intermarriage rates and that there is little evidence for status exchange in mixed marriages. Les etudes anterieures sur les mariages inter-ethniques ont ete realisees essentiellement aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays classiques d’immigration. Cet article examine les mariages mixtes inter-ethniques entre ressortissants originaires du Surinam, des Antilles neerlandaises, de Turquie et du Maroc aux Pays-Bas. D’un point de vue theorique et empirique, il est important de savoir si les schemas observes a ce jour dans les pays d’immigration s’appliquent egalement au contexte neerlandais. Pour obtenir un echantillon suffisamment grand, cette etude rassemble cinq enquetes representatives a l’echelle nationale, menees entre 1988 et 2002. En accord avec les resultats de la litterature, nous observons que l’exogamie ethnique est plus frequente dans la seconde generation, parmi ceux qui ont immigre a un âge plus jeune, et parmi les plus instruits. De la meme facon, nous observons que les mariages mixtes inter-ethniques sont plus frequents quand le sex ratio du groupe est desequilibre et quand le groupe est constitue en majorite de migrants de seconde generation. A l’oppose de la litterature, nous observons que les ressortissants noirs du Surinam et ceux des Antilles neerlandaises ont des taux eleves de mariages mixtes, et il ne semble pas qu’il y ait d’ «echange de statuts» dans les mariages mixtes.

Ethnicity, schooling, and merit in the Netherlands

Abstract: We examine to what extent ethnicity affects academic ability measured in the first year of secondary school and secondary school type in the Netherlands. We focus on second-generation immigrants. The empirical results indicate that academic ability (both in mathematics and language) is not affected by ethnicity, independent of parents’ occupation, education, and resources. On a bivariate level, children of Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands are found relatively often in lower tracks in secondary school. This relationship is fully driven by social class and merit, operationalized as including ability and effort. Moreover, children of Turkish, Surinamese and Antillean migrants are, relative to Dutch children from similar backgrounds and merit, more often found in higher tracks in secondary school. However, given the very skewed distribution of educational attainment of immigrants, it is questionable whether ‘class versus ethnicity models’ can accurately compare achievements of native and immigrant children in the Netherlands.

Destination-Language Proficiency in Cross-National Perspective: A Study of Immigrant Groups in Nine Western Countries

Abstract: Immigrants’ destination-language proficiency has been typically studied from a microperspective in a single country. In this article, the authors examine the role of macrofactors in a cross-national perspective. They argue that three groups of macrolevel factors are important: the country immigrants settle in (“destination” effect), the sending nation (“origin” effect), and the combination between origin and destination (“setting” or “community” effect). The authors propose a design that simultaneously observes multiple origin groups in multiple destinations. They present substantive hypotheses about language proficiency and use them to develop a series of macrolevel indicators. The authors collected and standardized 19 existing immigrant surveys for nine Western countries. Using multilevel techniques, their analyses show that origins, destinations, and settings play a significant role in immigrants’ language proficiency.

The Impact of Origin and Host Country Schooling on the Economic Performance of Immigrants

Abstract: This study examines the economic returns to schooling acquired in the country of origin and the country of destination. It uses large-scale survey data on Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese and Antillean immigrants in the Netherlands, which contain direct measures of pre- and post-migration schooling. It is studied whether the returns to origin-country schooling depend on contextual factors: i.e., immigrant group and the region of living. Furthermore, we examine the importance of host-country schooling for labor market outcomes and if these can be partly explained by increasing contacts with natives. Results show that the returns to origin-country schooling are higher for Surinamese and Antillean immigrants (i.e., those originating from former Dutch colonies) than for immigrants from Turkey and Morocco. The returns to origin-country schooling are not affected by ethnic concentration in the region of living. Finally, it appears that the returns to host-country schooling are much larger than to origin-country schooling, and the higher returns to host-country schooling cannot be explained by increased social contacts with natives.

The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion.

Abstract: Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1994, Vol 39(2), 225. Reviews the book, The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion by John Zaller (1992). The author's commendable effort to specify a model of mass opinion formation offers readers an introduction to the prevailing vi

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