The ANNALS of the AAPSS 643

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 2012: Volume 643

Migrant Youths and Children of Migrants in a Globalized World

Introduction

Comparative Perspectives on International Migration and Child Well-Being
Alícia Adserà and Marta Tienda
 
Education

Migrant Youths’ Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Mathias Sinning, and Steven Stillman

Educational Achievement Gaps between Immigrant and Native Students in Two “New” Immigration Countries: Italy and Spain in Comparison
Davide Azzolini, Philipp Schnell, and John R. B. Palmer

The Educational Expectations of Children of Immigrants in Italy
Alessandra Minello and Nicola Barban
 
Family, Fertility, and the Lifecycle Timing of Migration

Child-Parent Separations among Senegalese Migrants to Europe: Migration Strategies or Cultural Arrangements?
Amparo González-Ferrer, Pau Baizán, and Cris Beauchemin

Age at Immigration and the Adult Attainments of Child Migrants to the United States
Audrey Beck, Miles Corak, and Marta Tienda

Fertility Patterns of Child Migrants: Age at Migration and Ancestry in Comparative Perspective
Alícia Adserà, Ana M. Ferrer, Wendy Sigle-Rushton, and Ben Wilson
 
Health

Nativity Differences in Mothers’ Health Behaviors: A Cross-National and Longitudinal Lens
Margot Jackson, Sara McLanahan, and Kathleen Kiernan

Race/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in Child Overweight in the United States and England
Melissa L. Martinson, Sara McLanahan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

How Do Children of Mixed Partnerships Fare in the United Kingdom? Understanding the Implications for Children of Parental Ethnic Homogamy and Heterogamy
Lucinda Platt