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Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children Are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country

Méndez-Errico, Luciana; Ramos, Xavier - 2019

explain selection at early stages of the education system. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that long-term factors, such as … parental background or ethnicity matter across all education stages while the effect of short-term factors, such as family … income, wear out as individuals progress in the education system, suggesting a severe selection process at early stages. …

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Microeconometric Analyses on Determinants of Individual Labour Market Outcomes

Simon, Lisa K. - 2019

This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using … terms of credibility, relevance, and expectedness by gender and education level. Females are particularly rewarded for IT … and language skills and males for maturity. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of beliefs about refugees' education levels on …

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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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Schooling and the AFQT : Evidence from School Entry Laws

Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Lewis, Ethan - 2005

Is the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) a measure of achievement or ability? The answer to this question is critical for drawing inferences from studies in which it is employed. In this paper, we test for a relationship between schooling and AFQT performance in the NLSY 79 by comparing...

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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...

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The Great Migration and educational opportunity

Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - 2022

estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0 …

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The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity

Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan - 2023

estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0 …

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The Impact of Multilingualism on Spanish Language Acquisition among Immigrants in Spain

Budría, Santiago; Swedberg, Pablo - 2014

This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey to analyze the acquisition of Spanish language skills for immigrants in Spain. The motivation of the paper is threefold. Language skills are important for an individual's labour market performance, Spain offers an important...

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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students: A story of language or ethnicity?

Diette, Timothy M.; Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo - In: IZA Journal of Migration 6 (2017) 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....

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The Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Students

Hsin, Amy; Ortega, Francesc - 2017

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the first large-scale immigration reform to affect undocumented immigrants in the United States in decades and offers eligible undocumented youth temporary relief from deportation and renewable work permits. While DACA has improved the economic...

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