Using the Children of the Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), we examine the association between education at the … youth. Education at the intensive margin is measured by two widely used standardized math and reading test scores, national …

approximately six years apart) of the New Immigrants Survey (NIS). As part of the NIS interviews, U.S. born and foreign …-born children of immigrants were asked to take Woodcock-Johnson achievement test. In both rounds, prior to the administration of … suggest that in reading tests, U.S. born children of Hispanic immigrants perform better, when they are assigned to take the …

This study investigates the emotional experiences of immigrants and native- born individuals in the United States …. The results reveal that when viewed through the evaluation lenses of the general US population, immigrants engage in less … assessments, immigrants are more optimistic and perceive these activities as associated with higher levels of happiness and …

educational integration of first- and second-generation immigrants would affect the future size of the Austrian labour force. Due … between the second generation of migrants with EU or EFTA backgrounds and people without a migration background, would have … only a minor impact on future labour force participation dynamics. In contrast, closing education and labour force …

only disproportionately high shares of immigrants but also the lowest ability native students. We adopt a value added model … linguistic distance between immigrants and natives, with no apparent role played by ethnic diversity. …

unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill …

their countries of origin. This phenomenon is even more pronounced for parental education. It is demonstrated that the …

-born populations. With the wealth of many industrialized countries threatened by a lack of qualified labor, education of immigrants …As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants … migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural capital, and language skills. Education policy needs to focus on language …

education. It is demonstrated that individual human capital influences short-run integration outcomes in Germany. The paper …