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Can gender differences in the educational performance of 15-year old migrant pupils be explained by the gender equality in the countries of origin and destination?
Kornder N.; Dronkers J.; Dronkers J. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
We try to explain the differences between the performance (in both reading and math) of 8430 15-year-old daughters and 8526 15-year-old sons in 17 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development destination countries across Europe and Oceania with the PISA 2009 data from 45 origin...
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To return permanently or to return temporarily?: Explaining migrants' intentions
Bilgili Ö.; Siegel M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper studies migrants intentions to return to their origin country by making the distinction between permanent return, temporary return and participation in temporary return programmes. Using survey data from first generation migrants in the Netherlands, we explore how migrants experiences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856367
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Migration, remittances and household welfare in Ethiopia
Andersson L. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of international remittances and migration on household welfare in Ethiopia. We … international migration and remittances. The results reveal that remittances have a significant impact on a welfare variable that … has previously not received much attention in the migration literature, namely household subjective economic well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856390
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Poor trends - The pace of poverty reduction after the Millennium Development Agenda
de, Crombrugghe D.P.I.; Szirmai A.; R, Bluhm - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
We review the origins of the dollar-a-day poverty line, discuss historical poverty and inequality trends, and forecast poverty rates until 2030 using a new fractional response approach. Three findings stand out. First, global poverty reduction since 1981 has been rapid but regional trends are...
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The Influence of Vulnerability on Migration Intentions in Afghanistan
Loschman C.; Siegel M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
This study explores the influence of vulnerability on migration intentions within the context of Afghanistan. While it … is commonplace to conceptualize migration as being driven by certain economic-related factors, it is reasonable to assume … perform a regression analysis estimating the influence on migration intentions. Our results provide clear evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011146891
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The impact of parental migration on children's school performance in rural China
Zhao, Qiran; Yu, Xiaohua; Wang, Xiaobing; Glauben, Thomas - In: China Economic Review 31 (2014) C, pp. 43-54
. Any attempt to identify the impact of parental migration on children's school performance may encounter the problem of … generation. Based on a bivariate probit model, the results show that compared to neither parents being migrants, migration of the … father reduces the rank of a child's math score by 8.37%, and migration of the mother reduces the rank by 23.30%. …
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Zur landesspezifischen Erfassung des Migrationshintergrunds in der Schulstatistik - (k)ein gemeinsamer Nenner in Sicht?
Kemper, Thomas - 2016
Der Beitrag gibt Auskunft über den Stand der Erfassung von Migration in den amtlichen Schulstatistiken der Bundesländer … migration background will be presented and differentiated by the specific definition of migration background in the federal … federal school statistics into a national school statistic. Based on the available migration attributes the educational …
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Zur landesspezifischen Erfassung des Migrationshintergrunds in der Schulstatistik - (k)ein gemeinsamer Nenner in Sicht?
Kemper, Thomas - 2016
Der Beitrag gibt Auskunft über den Stand der Erfassung von Migration in den amtlichen Schulstatistiken der Bundesländer … migration background will be presented and differentiated by the specific definition of migration background in the federal … federal school statistics into a national school statistic. Based on the available migration attributes the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443814
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Low-Skilled Immigration and th Expansion of Private Schools
Davide, DOTTORI; I-Ling, SHEN - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of low-skilled immigration on the host country’s education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, expenditres per pupil, and types of parents who are more likely to send children to publicly (privately) funded schools. When the size of...
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Reshaping the schooling system: The role of immigration
Dottori, Davide; Estevan, Fernanda; Shen, I-Ling - In: Journal of Economic Theory 148 (2013) 5, pp. 2124-2149
This paper studies how the schooling system may be impacted by the number and skill type of immigrants. When the number of low-skilled immigrants is large, the education regime tends to become segregated. Wealthy locals are more likely to choose private schools and vote for a lower tax rate to...
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