Invitation • 15.05.2023BiB Population Research Series

Miriam Beblo is a professor of economics in the Department of Social Economics at the University of Hamburg. She researches and teaches on the topics of work, family and gender and is active in knowledge transfer in a variety of ways. She contributes her expertise in particular to science-based policy advice and the promotion of young researchers and research.

Abstract

International research shows that immigrant and multilingual adolescents often have higher expectations for their success in school and higher career aspirations than monolinguals. We examine the aspiration-achievement paradox in Germany using the "Mehrsprachigkeit im Zeitverlauf" (MEZ) data. In MEZ, the educational aspirations and expectations of students from three language groups (monolingual German, multilingual Russian, multilingual Turkish) as well as those of their parents were collected. As possible determinants, we focus on the young people's linguistic capital and cognitive competence, the influence of their parents, and the interaction of these factors.

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