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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education

Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbuehl, Maria - 2017

progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students …-track - entering the second year of upper-secondary education - is 15 percentage points. Observable differences in cognitive and non …-cognitive skills can explain the gap in the success rate within upper-secondary education, but cannot fully explain the difference in …

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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education

Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbühl, Maria - 2017

progress in uppersecondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students …-track – entering the second year of uppersecondary education – is 15 percentage points. Observable differences in cognitive and non …-cognitive skills can explain the gap in the success rate within upper-secondary education, but cannot fully explain the difference in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816489

Do significant immigrant inflows create negative education impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina public school system

Diette, Timothy M.; Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo - 2012

academic performance of native students who remain. To address this question, we analyze education data from North Carolina, a …

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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level

Alcobendas, Miguel Angel; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; … - 2012

While much of the literature on immigrants' assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labor markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labor market, and an...

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Kick it like Özil? Decomposing the native-migrant education gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - 2012

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283938

Kick it like Özil? Decomposing the native-migrant education gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - 2012

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290727

Naturalisation and investments in children's human capital: Evidence from a natural experiment

von Haaren-Giebel, Friederike - 2016

This paper assesses educational attainment of immigrant children, in particular evaluating whether naturalised parents invest more in their children's human capital than non-naturalised parents. Findings of the literature indicate that citizenship is associated with lower return migration...

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Employment assimilation of immigrants in the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2008

irrelevance of education for socio-economic position of immigrants once the country of origin has been controlled for. …

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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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Do gays shy away from competition? : do lesbians compete too much?

Buser, Thomas; Geijtenbeek, Lydia; Plug, Erik J. S. - 2015

It is an established fact that gay men earn less than other men and lesbian women earn more than other women. In this paper we study whether differences in competitive preferences, which have emerged as a likely determinant of labour market differences between men and women, can provide a...

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