After migration to the Netherlands, migrants often started a family here. Many children of these migrants, known as the second generation, are now starting to form families themselves. In this project, we examined the demographic behavior of second-generation migrants, paying attention to outcomes such as marriage, childbearing, and divorce. Special attention goes to cohort change, regional diversity and selective emigration. We studied the diversity of second-generation migrant groups in the Netherlands and compared them to non-migrants. We used large-scale population register data and collaborated with Statistics Netherlands.
The project was funded by KNAW’s Research Fund (Onderzoeksfonds). It involved a collaboration between NIDI and the International Institute of Social History (IISH). The IISH’s part of the project focused on the second generation’s social mobility.
