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Is population growth endogenous? : Evidence from various countries
Cho, Chun-mo - In: Korean social science journal 22 (1996), pp. 7-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001211960
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Educational Inequality*
Blanden, Jo; Doepke, Matthias; Stuhler, Jan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps between children from different socio-economic backgrounds, show how patterns of educational inequality vary across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191073
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Inequality during the early years : child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011
the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child … but the disparities are notably greater in the United States and the United Kingdom than in Australia, and particularly in … with SES across countries. While the smallest SES gaps are found in Australia and Canada for both types of outcome …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519857
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Econometric studies to the economic and social factors of crime
Vujić, Sunčica Nikola - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829930
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How different are immigrants? : A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and … the USA. The first step of the analysis shows how far countries differ regarding immigrants' educational disadvantage. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485607
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English proficiency and test scores of immigrant children in the US
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa - 2017
Immigrant children in the US tend to perform worse in reading, mathematics, and science compared to native children. This paper explores how much of such differences in achievement can be accounted for by a lack of English proficiency. To identify the causal effect of English proficiency on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672749
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English proficiency and mathematics test scores of immigrant children in the US
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa - In: Economics of education review 64 (2018), pp. 102-113
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002446
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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Fertility, income inequality, and labour productivity
Guest, Ross; Swift, Robyn - In: Oxford economic papers 60 (2008) 4, pp. 597-618
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772867