A longitudinal analysis of second-generation disadvantaged immigrants

In this paper we consider the relative academic achievement in primary school of second generation immigrant children in the UK. We use data for a cohort born in 1970 and find that children born to South Asian or Afro-Caribbean parents have significantly lower levels of cognitive achievement in both mathematics and language in primary school. We then investigated the progression of ethnic minority children in primary school i.e. between age 5 and 10

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Marcenaro, Oscar ; Meunier, Muriel ; Coulon, Augustin de ; Vignoles, Anna
Institutions:	Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Government of Andalusia
Subject:	Second-generation immigrants \| educational disadvantage

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number E2010/02 55 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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