This paper investigates differences between the educational attainment immigrants and native born individuals in … university enrolment for some immigrants to Australia, in particular first and second generation immigrants from Asia. The …

This paper investigates differences between the educational attainment immigrants and native born individuals in … university enrolment for some immigrants to Australia, in particular first and second generation immigrants from Asia. The …

In this paper we study the allocation of time devoted to informal learning and education, i.e. those activities carried … out during leisure time and outside formal education courses which boost individuals’ human and social capital. For … immigrants the private investment in these activities is likely to have relevant external effects as informal learning and …

Does the regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host …

creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants …-language learner (ELL) student population and over 60 % of immigrants are from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research …

This study uses extensive Swedish register data to analyze the intergenerational transmission of education between …

creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants …-language learner (ELL) student population and over 60 % of immigrants are from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research …

human capital, specifically education. This literature has two main strands. First, much of modern growth theory puts human … capital at center-stage, building on older notions of human capital externalities as an engine of economic growth. Empirical … within countries, is meager. There is a strong association between average earnings and average education across nations and …