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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229481
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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2016
There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. 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 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450111
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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 6 (2016) 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619201
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The heterogeneous effects of workers’ countries of birth on over-education
Jacobs, Valentine; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2019
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and over-education, taking advantage of access to rich matched … data enable the authors to: i) measure over-education with higher precision, ii) examine the heterogeneous effects of … to investigate the effect of citizenship acquisition and workers' tenure on the nexus between immigration and over-education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126834
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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain
Patacchini, Eleonora - 2007
We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777464
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Workers' Countries of Birth on Over-Education
Jacobs, Valentine - 2019
This paper examines the relationship between immigration and over-education, taking advantage of access to rich matched … data enable the authors to: i) measure over-education with higher precision, ii) examine the heterogeneous effects of … to investigate the effect of citizenship acquisition and workers' tenure on the nexus between immigration and over-education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860502
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Gender and Race Heterogeneity : The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance
Diette, Timothy M. - 2014
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061441
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Motivated to succeed? : attitudes to education among native and immigrant pupils in England
Burgess, Simon M.; Heller-Sahlgren, Gabriel - 2018
We study attitudes to education among English adolescents. Using PISA data, we show there is considerable variation in … also show that students in London have more positive attitudes to education on average, but this is entirely accounted for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881599
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How Different are Immigrants? A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2021
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318896
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780276