We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to … decomposition methods. Accounting for differences in socioeconomic background, we find that migrant pupils are just as likely to … receive recommendations for or to enroll at any secondary school type as native children. Comparable natives, in terms of …

We examine whether the sorting of differently achieving students into differently sized classes results in a regressive … or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by … decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school …

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 …

school sector appear detrimental. Migrant students' achievement relative to their native-born peers suffers as educational … countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that …. Institutional arrangements often serve to mitigate the achievement gaps of some migrant students while leaving unaffected or …

We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of … result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since 1997, we study whether this increases the probability that new migrants … view. However, accounting for their higher employability, new migrants seem to fare better up to a year and half after …

The paper analyses the problem of a skills shortage in Australia. It begins with an analysis of the operation of a … skills shortage, why it persists, and then looks at evidence from Australia, in particular, the resource rich states of … Queensland and Western Australia over the past decade. It discusses possible employer responses to a skills shortage. Finally, it …

In this paper we report on the trade-offs that 1,068 Australian university students make between absolute income and … income, with greater weight given to rank by males, migrants, and individuals from wealthy families. Rank … income distribution. In terms of reference groups, we find migrants who reside abroad for longer periods of time, and with …

population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and … status, language proficiency, immigrants? time spent in the host country and patterns of school segregation. Using a …

of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …

Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational …