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How Different Are Immigrants? : A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2004
This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262141
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Migration background and educational tracking: Is there a double disadvantage for second-generation immigrants?
Lüdemann, Elke; Schwerdt, Guido - 2010
Research on immigrants' educational disadvantages largely focuses on differences in student achievement tests. Exploiting data from the German PIRLS extension, we find that second-generation immigrants face additional disadvantages with respect to grades and teacher recommendations for secondary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274804
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2008
of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …) highlighting thereby the different patterns found by immigrant group and achievement measure. -- Education ; educational … inequalities ; immigration ; PISA ; TIMSS ; PIRLS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009160623
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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants : comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes - 2014
In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410418
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How Different are Immigrants? A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2021
This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318896
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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the destination countries and how immigration affects …. Chapters 4 and 5 cover the effect of immigration on the host societies by showing that growing up in high immigration area … increases intergenerational income mobility among natives and by showing that immigration may, under specific circumstances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742892
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Inequality of Learning Amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countries
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2021
of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325343
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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262283
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262388
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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants
Schüller, Simone - 2011
A lack of cultural integration is often blamed for hindering immigrant families' economic progression. This paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country. Empirical results based on data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282530