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Starting off on the right foot : language learning classes and the educational success of immigrant children

Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Schilling, Pia - 2022

This study is the first empirical analysis to identify the causal effect of a separate preparatory language learning class on the academic success of newly immigrated primary school-aged children in comparison to their direct integration into regular classrooms. Employing unique administrative...

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Individualism vs. collectivism : how inherited cultural values affect labor market outcomes of second generation immigrants in the US

Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2017

Die Integration von Migranten im Aufnahmeland ist stark mit deren Erfolg am Arbeitsmarkt verbunden. Für letzteres … kulturellen Werten auf die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation von Migranten bisher jedoch kaum untersucht. Daher analysiert dieses Papier … den Zusammenhang zwischen kollektivistischen Werten im Herkunftsland und der Arbeitsmarktsituation von Migranten der …

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A decomposition analysis of cigarette consumption differences between male Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002 - 2012

Dang, Rui - 2016

In this article, we investigate the differences in smoking behavior between male Turkish immigrants and male Germans, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). More specifically, we use a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models, and isolate differences in the...

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Explaining the body mass index gaps between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002 - 2012 : a decomposition analysis of socio–economic causes

Dang, Rui - 2015

In this paper, we decompose body mass index (BMI) differences between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany for women and men. We focus on isolating the part of BMI differences that can be explained by differences in observed socioeconomic status from the part attributable to...

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Can parental migration reduce petty corruption in education?

Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Santos Silva, Manuel; Heidland, Tobias - 2015

Educational outcomes of children are highly dependent on household and schoollevel inputs. In poor countries, remittances from migrants can provide additional funds for the education of the left behind. At the same time the absence of migrant parents can affect families’ time allocation...

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Speaking the same language : the effect of foreign origin teachers on students' language skills

Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2020

This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary school. Exploring within-student variation in assignment to teachers, I find that teachers who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants significantly increase the reading...

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The intergenerational transmission of gender role attitudes : evidence from immigrant mothers-in-law

Bredtmann, Julia; Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Otten, Sebastian - 2017

The recent literature on intergenerational mobility has shown that attitudes and preferences are an important pathway for the intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes. We contribute to this literature by documenting that intergenerationally transmitted gender role attitudes also...

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