We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate whether good neighbourhoods with a relatively high stock of...

We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate whether good neighbourhoods with a relatively high stock of...

Die zahlreiche Ankunft von asylsuchenden Migrant*innen in Deutschland in den Jahren 2015 und 2016 wurde intensiv durch lokale, regionale und überregionale Medien begleitet. Über die Zeit veränderten sich die Schwerpunkte der Berichterstattung, was den allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen...

Die zahlreiche Ankunft von asylsuchenden Migrant*innen in Deutschland in den Jahren 2015 und 2016 wurde intensiv durch lokale, regionale und überregionale Medien begleitet. Über die Zeit veränderten sich die Schwerpunkte der Berichterstattung, was den allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen...

The international survey of adult skills, PIAAC, records large differences in numeracy and literacy skills between immigrants and non-immigrants. We examine how these differences relate to the countries' average skills and skill rankings. Immigrants are defined by country of birth or in terms of...

The international survey of adult skills, PIAAC, records large differences in numeracy and literacy skills between immigrants and non-immigrants. We examine how these differences relate to the countries’ average skills and skill rankings. Immigrants are defined by country of birth or in terms...

In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group in a host country. We approach this case in three parts. We first offer a brief review of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the US and the making of a new ethnic...

We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical...