Ethnic segregation across fields of study in the Netherlands

Studies on the educational attainment of the second generation have largely focused on vertical ethnic stratification, whereas less is known about ethnic differences in fields of study, i.e., ‘horizontal ethnic stratification’. In this contribution, I examined study choices among the second generation, i.e., children born in the host country with at least one foreign-born parent. I studied the four largest non-EU ethnic groups in the Netherlands, i.e., Turkey, Morocco, Suriname, and Netherlands Antilles, while comparing their choices with ethnic majority members (i.e., those with two native-bo... Mehr ...