童年接触同族人的情况增加了入籍
1Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark.
概括
儿童时期接触同族同龄人对移民儿童的融入产生了积极的影响. 这项研究发现,同族同龄人的适度存在会增加晚年入籍率,这表明它有助于融合.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 教育政策 教育政策
背景情况:
- 由于同族社会网络可能限制与少数民族互动,人们对移民融合存在担忧.
- 目前关于同族同龄人接触对整合的影响的研究在实证和理论上是模两可的,特别是对于移民儿童.
- 关于儿童社会环境对移民人口的整合效应的因果证据有限.
研究的目的:
- 调查童年种族构成对移民和非欧盟背景的后裔整合的因果关系.
- 检查在学校接触同族同龄人是否会影响融入的关键行为指标:入籍.
- 提供关于社会环境在移民儿童融入社会中的作用的经验证据.
主要方法:
- 使用了 28 年的高质量的丹麦行政面板数据.
- 采用了一个准实验性设计,使用同学分配到同一所学校的不同学年级,以隔离因果关系.
- 专注于非欧盟背景的移民和后裔.
主要成果:
- 发现,在学年阶段接触同族同龄人显著增加了晚年入籍的可能性.
- 与获得公民身份相关的学术技能提高被认为是解释这种积极影响的主要机制.
- 这些发现表明,同族同龄人接触和加强融合结果之间存在正相关性.
结论:
- 童年时所经历的社会环境在非欧盟移民儿童的融入中起着重要的因果作用.
- 同族同龄人的适度存在可以作为成功融合的关键先决条件,而不是障碍.
- 政策影响表明,促进包容性学校环境,允许一些同族互动,可能会支持移民融合.
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