Search Results - subject:"Children of Immigrants"

On the wrong track? : perceived track mismatch among ethnic minority and majority students in the German educational system

Diehl, Claudia; Pomianowicz, Katja; Hinz, Thomas - 2024

Based on an innovative survey of seventh graders in German secondary schools, this paper analyzes students' feelings that they should be on a higher educational track, We show that ethnic minority students are not only more likely than majority students to be placed in the lowest track, but they...

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On the wrong track? Perceived track mismatch among ethnic minority and majority students in the German educational system

Diehl, Claudia; Pomianowicz, Katja; Hinz, Thomas - 2024

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635572

What Divides the First and Second Generations? Family Time of Arrival and Educational Outcomes for Immigrant Youth

Hull, Marie C. - 2022

In this paper, I develop a measure of host country experience, which I call "relative time of arrival," to explore differences between first- and second-generation immigrants. This measure is finer than immigrant generation and expands on the widely used measures of years since migration and age...

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What divides the first and second generations? : family time of arrival and educational outcomes for immigrant youth

Hull, Marie - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358971

Marriage before children? First family formation among the children of immigrants in Norway

Holland, Jennifer A.; Wiik, Kenneth Aa. - 2021

propensities to form families via marriage or a nonmarital first birth among the majority population and the children of immigrants …

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Marriage before children? : first family formation among the children of immigrants in Norway

Holland, Jennifer A.; Wiik, Kenneth Aa. - 2021

propensities to form families via marriage or a nonmarital first birth among the majority population and the children of immigrants …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800611

The Skill Development of Children of Immigrants

Hull, Marie C.; Norris, Jonathan - 2018

In this paper, we study the evolution of cognitive and noncognitive skills gaps for children of immigrants between … kindergarten and 5th grade. We find some evidence that children of immigrants begin school with lower math scores than children of … natives, but this gap disappears in later elementary school. For noncognitive skills, children of immigrants and children of …

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The skill development of children of immigrants

Hull, Marie; Norris, Jonathan - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895447

Does religion make you sick? Evidence of a negative relationship between religious background and health

Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin - 2017

does. The health of the children of immigrants in 30 European countries is related to different measures of religiosity in …

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Does religion make you sick? : evidence of a negative relationship between religious background and health

Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin - 2017

does. The health of the children of immigrants in 30 European countries is related to different measures of religiosity in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667682