immigration, the presence of immigrant children in schools, and the effect of immigration on the age, sex, language, and …

migrate to the United States and leave their children behind. Then, after the parent(s) have achieved some degree of stability … in the United States, the children follow. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, we examined the hypothesis that … separation during migration results in problems at school after re-unification. We find that children separated from parents …

The implications of human capital portability – including interactions between education, language skills and pre- and …. However, surprisingly, neither matching nor language skills have any impact on the return to pre-immigration work experience …, which is observed to be statistically significantly negative. Crucially, English language skills are found to have an …

suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the … socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …

primary education and grade repetition. Using variation in the fraction of students with migration background among adjacent …

This paper investigates certain issues of economic and ethnic segregation from the perspective of children in the three … polarisation. Based on estimated regression models, we conclude that increased returns to parental education have forcefully … contributed to larger economic polarisation among children in Swedish metropolitan regions. …

shocks to the primary household earner should have more negative consequences for child education – it is especially maternal … health that makes a difference as far as child schooling is concerned. Children whose mothers self-reported having poor … health are about 7 percentage points less likely to be enrolled in education at ages 15-24. These results are robust to …

immigration. This paper examines the education outcomes of a cohort of immigrants who arrived in Canada as children. The 2006 …The successful acquisition of a language is often characterized in terms of critical periods. If this is the case it is … likely that children who migrate face different challenges in attaining high school credentials depending upon their age at …

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the … vulnerable position of Germany’s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as … improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical …

This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … which children at the top of the SES distribution out-perform those in the middle. Third, disparities in social and …