PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Dustmann, Christian TI - Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility AID - 10.3368/jhr.43.2.299 DP - 2008 Mar 31 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 299--324 VI - 43 IP - 2 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/2/299.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/2/299.full SO - J Hum Resour2008 Mar 31; 43 AB - 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.