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PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2004
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national …, for all countries our estimations imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261789
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Migrants at school: educational inequality and social interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst; Tatsi, Eirini - 2009
We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate whether good neighbourhoods with a relatively high stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269090
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Migrants at School: Educational Inequality and Social Interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst; Tatsi, Eirini - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate whether good neighbourhoods with a relatively high stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976888
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Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022
We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882618
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Maternal employment and adolescent development
Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2005
This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a wide variety of child, mother and family characteristics. The results suggest that limited amounts of work by mothers benefit youths who are relatively disadvantaged and even long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267643
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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development
Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a wide variety of child, mother and family characteristics. The results suggest that limited amounts of work by mothers benefit youths who are relatively "disadvantaged" and even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822947
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Economics of Minority Groups: Labour Market Returns and Transmission of Indigenous Languages
de la Fuente Stevens, Diego; Pelkonen, Panu - 2021
This study demonstrates a series of links between minority language skills, their economic return and their transmission across generations. Using a detailed matching procedure and different data sources, we estimate the likelihood of being employed for bilingual versus monolingual men for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658118
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Deprivation, Segregation, and Socioeconomic Class of UK Immigrants: Does English Proficiency Matter?
Aoki, Yu; Santiago, Lualhati - 2018
This paper studies the causal effect of English proficiency on residential location outcomes and the socioeconomic class of immigrants in England and Wales, exploiting a natural experiment. Based on the phenomenon that young children learn a new language more easily than older children, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816640
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Migration and globalization: challenges and perspectives for the research infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences …, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use …. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration trajectories. To alleviate these difficulties, we suggest: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269198
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Labour Market Disadvantages of Citizens with a Migration Background in Belgium: A Systematic Review
Devos, Louise; Lippens, Louis; Lens, Dries; Rycx, François - 2024
recommendations and literature gaps. The literature reveals that individuals with a migration background generally experience poorer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533883