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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 …

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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries

Schnepf, Sylke Viola - Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI) - 2008

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

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How should we organize schooling to further children with migration background?

Schneeweis, Nicole - 2006

exist that quantify the disadvantage of immigrant children in education and there has not been any attempt to identify … institutional conditions of the education system that contribute to educational integration. Using data from five international …)integration is related to institutional characteristics of the schooling system. The study shows that early education, time in school …

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Student aid and the distribution of educational attainment

Jones, Maggie - 2016

I examine the effect of student aid on the distribution of educational attainment in the context of a post-secondary funding program for Indigenous students in Canada. I show that student aid programs targeted at marginalized groups can increase average educational attainment; however, these...

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Beyond the Average: Ethnic Capital Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Chakrabortya, Tanika; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, … - 2019

Estimating the effect of ethnic capital on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of immigrants’ location choice, unobserved local correlates and the reflection problem. We exploit the institutional setting of a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany, that...

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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...

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Ability composition in the class and the school performance of immigrant students

Meschi, Elena; Pavese, Caterina - 2023

Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this …

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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students: A story of language or ethnicity?

Diette, Timothy M.; Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo - In: IZA Journal of Migration 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-18

There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants, especially those with limited English language skills....

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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants

Schüller, Simone - 2012

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...

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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

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