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Assimilation in a new context: Educational attainment of the immigrant second generation in Germany
Luthra, Renee Reichl - 2010
naturalized children of guest workers, ethnic Germans, EU and third country immigrants. In line with previous research, I find … less adversely affected by low parental education than are the children of native Germans. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288929
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Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; García Domench, Carolina; … - 2011
2000s in terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319832
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Intergenerational returns to migration? Comparing educational performance on both sides of the German border
Luthra, Renee Reichl - 2010
This paper compares the educational performance of the children of immigrants to the children in their parents' home …. Controlling for family background, I find that the children of immigrants in Germany perform better than peers in every origin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288921
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Child mental health and educational attainment: Multiple observers and the measurement error problem
Johnston, David; Propper, Carol; Pudney, Stephen; … - 2011
progress. Maternal education and mental health, family income, and major adverse life events, are all significant in explaining … educational progress. We also find a strong tendency for observers to understate the problems of older children and adolescents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288938
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Inequality in pupils' educational attainment: How much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?
Nicoletti, Cheti; Rabe, Birgitta - 2010
We explore the relative influence of family and neighbourhood on educational attainment and how this varies by sibling type. Using English register data we find sibling correlations in exam scores of 0.563 at the end of primary school and of 0.621 at the end of compulsory schooling. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288927