In this article we draw on research conducted in a British immigration removal centre to explore the affective nature … across a range of emotional responses, mediated and framed by gender. While these responses emerged in everyday interactions …, the frustrations of life in an IRC, we argue, speak to much wider struggles over the status of immigrants in the UK, the …

In this paper we investigate the economic activity of married or cohabiting female immigrants in Britain. We … differences in observable characteristics. We find that white female immigrants and their husbands have an overall advantage in … earnings over white native born, both individually and at the household level. Minority immigrants do less well, in particular …

achievement level lead us to explore in this paper whether the increased immigration has differential effects by gender and race …The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina …

creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants … population with over 60 percent of immigrants coming from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research suggests negative …

-education, but also one of the few to study the moderating roles of gender and education for detailed categories of immigrants. With … particularly critical among higher-educated immigrants. Gender-based differences in immigrants' penalties, in contrast, are found …This paper examines the relationship between immigration and over-education, taking advantage of access to rich matched …

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 …

As Vancouver, British Columbia is one of two primary entry points for immigration to Canada (Toronto is the other), the …

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 how far countries differ regarding immigrants' educational disadvantage. In …

of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …Literature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in …