TY - JOUR T1 - Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 299 LP - 324 DO - 10.3368/jhr.43.2.299 VL - 43 IS - 2 AU - Christian Dustmann Y1 - 2008/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/2/299.abstract N2 - This paper studies parental investment in education and intergenerational earnings mobility for father-son pairs with native- and foreign-born fathers. We illustrate within a simple model that for immigrants, investment in their children is related to their return migration probability. In our empirical analysis, we include a measure for return probabilities, based on repeated information about migrants’ return intentions. Our results suggest that educational investments in the son are positively associated with a higher probability of a permanent migration of the father. We also find that the son’s permanent wages are positively associated with the probability of the father’s permanent migration. ER -