THE SECOND GENERATION A Series Sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation Adult children of immigrants to the United States matter greatly to the country's future. The Migration Information Source, with a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation, has worked with top researchers to provide an in-depth look at this population generally as well as in US cities and the country's heartland. The series also includes a feature on the second generation in Europe. Below is a complete list of articles on the second generation — click for an overview and a link to the full story. Feature articles After-School Institutions in Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities: A Model for Others? Pathways to Success for the Second Generation in Europe Second-Generation Latinos in Nebraska: A First Look Family Obligation Among Children in Immigrant Families Another Way to Assess the Second Generation: Look at the Parents Second-Generation Mexicans: Getting Ahead or Falling Behind? Special Issue — October 2006 Assimilation Models, Old and New: Explaining a Long-Term Process Studying Second-Generation Immigrants: Methodological Challenges and Innovative Solutions The Second Generation from the Last Great Wave of Immigration: Setting the Record Straight Becoming American/Becoming New Yorkers: The Second Generation in a Majority Minority City The Second Generation in Early Adulthood: New Findings from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study Intermarriage in the Second Generation: Choosing Between Newcomers and Natives The Second Generation and Self-Employment Spotlight: The Second Generation in the United States Feature articles May 2007: After-School Institutions in Chinese and Korean Immigrant Communities: A Model for Others? In the United States, the academic success of children of Chinese and Korean immigrants usually is attributed to either their culture or the US immigration system, which favors skilled migrants. Min Zhou and Susan S. Kim of the University of California, Los Angeles compare the after-school institutions in these communities to explain the effect of ethnicity on educational outcomes. April 2007: Pathways to Success for the Second Generation in Europe There is an ongoing debate over the children born to Europe's guest workers of the 1960s and 1970s: Can they move up the educational ladder, or will they form a new underclass in Europe's largest cities? Maurice Crul of the University of Amsterdam compares outcomes for second-generation Turkish children across five countries. January 2007: Second-Generation Latinos in Nebraska: A First Look Nebraska's foreign-born population grew faster than that of any other Midwestern state between 1990 and 2000. Lourdes Gouveia and Mary Ann Powell of the University of Nebraska at Omaha shed light on the second generation's progress in the country's heartland. July 2006: Family Obligation Among Children in Immigrant Families Both first- and second-generation children's sense of obligation provides meaning in their lives as they attend school and adjust to American society. Andrew Fuligni of the University of California, Los Angeles explains. May 2006: Another Way to Assess the Second Generation: Look at the Parents In seeking to explain why some second-generation children in the United States have higher levels of educational attainment than others, most arguments center on either cultural values or structural differences, such as class background and access to quality schools. Cynthia Feliciano of the University of California, Irvine shows that parents' status, relative to nonmigrants from their home country, is a factor. March 2006: Second-Generation Mexicans: Getting Ahead or Falling Behind? Of the 5.7 million children of immigrants under age 10 in the United States, 37 percent of them are of Mexican origin. Recent data shed light on their prospects for integration and social and economic mobility, according to Roger Waldinger and Renee Reichl of the University of California Los Angeles. Special Issue — October 2006 Assimilation Models, Old and New: Explaining a Long-Term Process From the infamous "melting pot" to segmented assimilation to an identity-based model, Susan K. Brown and Frank D. Bean of the University of California, Irvine explore the various ways academics conceptualize assimilation. Studying Second-Generation Immigrants: Methodological Challenges and Innovative Solutions To study the second generation, researchers need both demographic information and information that can only be learned through surveys and interviews. Douglas D. Heckathorn of Cornell University provides an overview of Census Bureau data and a relatively new methodology useful for immigrant research. The Second Generation from the Last Great Wave of Immigration: Setting the Record Straight The story of yesterday's second generation overall is one of progress and advancement. However, exclusively upbeat portrayals fail to capture the complexities of the paths of second-generation Italians and eastern European Jews, explain Nancy Foner and Richard Alba. Becoming American/Becoming New Yorkers: The Second Generation in a Majority Minority City The second generation in New York City largely comes from non-European ethnic origins. Philip Kasinitz, Mary C. Waters, John Mollenkopf, and Jennifer Holdaway look at how growing up in a Òmajority minorityÓ city has affected their experiences in school and on the job, how they feel about their progress, and where they think they fit within American society. The Second Generation in Early Adulthood: New Findings from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study A decade-long panel survey conducted in San Diego, California, and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, reveals different outcomes among members of the second generation in education, employment, acculturation, incarceration, and family formation. RubŽn G. Rumbaut of the University of California, Irvine and Alejandro Portes of Princeton University provide an overview of the latest results. Intermarriage in the Second Generation: Choosing Between Newcomers and Natives In the 20th century, intermarriage across generations helped accelerate the integration of European immigrant groups. Gillian Stevens and associates at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign investigate intermarriage trends among second-generation Asians and Latinos. The Second Generation and Self-Employment In moving from the first to the second generation, most groups in New York and Los Angeles have retained a fairly stable rate of self-employment, according to Steven J. Gold of Michigan State University, and Ivan Light and M. Francis Johnston of the University of California, Los Angeles. The Second Generation in the United States Members of the second generation are more likely to finish college than both the foreign born and those who are third generation and higher. David Dixon looks at general social and demographic characteristics of the second generation in the United States.

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