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Family unification, siblings, and skills
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2018
family members. Although emphasizing the importance of the nuclear family, the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform and a … criteria matched to 1990 Census data, we examine the effect of family admissions on immigrant education, selfemployment, and … earnings. Of particular relevance to the current debate, we also examine the effect of one of the family-based admission …
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Women at work in the United States since 1860 : an analysis of unreported family workers
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2021
market production in support of a family business, that is, unreported family workers. These individuals are not coded in the … relatives in their household. Unreported family workers are classified into four categories: farm, merchant, craft, and … 1860, it has in fact always been high and fairly stable over time. In contrast, the effect of including unreported family …
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On the road to integration? : immigrant's demand for informal (& formal) education
Coniglio, Nicola; Hoxhaj, Rezart; Jayet, Hubert - 2019
In this paper we study the allocation of time devoted to informal learning and education, i.e. those activities carried out during leisure time and outside formal education courses which boost individuals’ human and social capital. For immigrants the private investment in these activities is...
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Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements : the role of time investments
Ha Trong Nguyen; Connelly, Luke B.; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2020
Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a decade to present new evidence that children of Asian...
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Social identity and STEM choice : evidence from higher secondary schooling in India
Kumar, Anand; Sahoo, Soham - 2021
This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the higher secondary level of schooling in India. We analyze the choice of science stream that is a crucial determinant of subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
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Ability composition in the class and the school performance of immigrant students
Meschi, Elena; Pavese, Caterina - 2023
Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this paper investigates whether the ability of classmates affects the educational attainment of immigrant students. We focus not only on the average quality of peers in the class,...
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The gendered impact of in-state tuition policies on undocumented immigrants' college enrollment, graduation, and employment
Averett, Susan; Bansak, Cynthia; Condon, Grace; … - 2023
Since 2001, about half of U.S. states have extended in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented immigrants. Some states have also offered financial aid, while others became more restrictive. Building on previous research, we exploit these additional policies, control for Deferred Action...
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Ethnic identity and educational outcomes
Randazzo, Teresa; Piracha, Matloob - 2024
We study the role of immigrant children's ethnic identity in their educational performance and preferences/aspirations in Italy. We find that students with a weak sense of Italian belonging show a low performance in reading and mathematics and higher probability of grade retention. Moreover,...
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A signal of (train)ability? : grade repetition and hiring chances
Baert, Stijn; Picchio, Matteo - 2020
This article contributes to the nascent literature on the effect of grade retention in school on later labour market success. A field experiment is conducted to rule out the endogeneity of both outcomes. More concretely, various treatments of grade retention are randomly assigned to fictitious...
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The (big) role of family constellations in return migration and transnationalism
Kopliku Dema, Bresena; Drishti, Elvisa - 2022
Purpose: The Albanian migration has always reflected a family character, be that before 1945 when Albania was not yet … of the family has been very important in making decisions regarding migration and answering questions from why to how to … family and kinship on decisions regarding return migration, the re-adjustment process, remigration or transnational life …
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