Pre-Migration Status, Social Capital, and the Educational Aspirations of Children of Immigrants in Disadvantaged Swedish Schools

High aspirations can be an important factor for educational attainment, especially youth in disadvantaged schools who are otherwise more likely to leave school early. In this article, I study the relationships between pre-migration status, social capital, and among Swedish schools, using data on 960 students collected 2014. Regression results showed that access capital was related both factors contributed high university children of immigrants, partly through expectations from parents. The findings consequently show how post-migration resources outcomes relate factors, challenging destination country bias is often present studies immigrants their children.