Based on an innovative survey of seventh graders in German secondary schools, this paper analyzes students' feelings … that they should be on a higher educational track, We show that ethnic minority students are not only more likely than … majority students to be placed in the lowest track, but they are also more likely to perceive this track placement as a …

migrant students in a major Austrian city between 1980-2001. The outcome measures of interest are track attendance after … primary education and grade repetition. Using variation in the fraction of students with migration background among adjacent … cohorts within schools and drawing special attention to time trends, the analysis shows that migrant students suffer from …

Dis-location considers the theory and empirical research behind the impact of school choice on residential segregation … segregation by lifting some and 'drowning' others. Is this assertion correct? This paper shows that the research is not clear …-cut. When school choice measures do not depend on the proximity of pupils to their chosen schools, residential segregation …

This paper examines the effects of Asian segregation on academic performance of non-Asian students in New York City … public primary schools. We use plausibly exogenous variation in the share of Asian students stemming from a fertility shock … one-percentage-point increase in the share of Asian students reduces non-Asian students' math and ELA scores by 0.03 and 0 …

This study focuses on school choice processes and how they contribute to ethnic school segregation. The starting point …