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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind

Antman, Francisca M. - 2012

dollars from U.S. migrant remittances appear to enable families to further educate their daughters. Thus, policymakers should …

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Educational achievement of second-generation immigrants : an international comparison

Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso; Lanzara, Gianandrea - In: Economic policy : a European forum 69 (2012), pp. 143-185

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How immigrant children affect the academic achievement of native Dutch children

Ohinata, Asako; Ours, Jan C. van - 2011

In this paper, we analyze how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of native Dutch children. Our analysis uses data from various sources, which allow us to characterize educational attainment in terms of reading literacy, mathematical skills and...

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Parental characteristics and the schooling progress of the children of immigrant and US-born blacks

Thomas, Kevin J. A. - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 46 (2009) 3, pp. 513-534

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The impact of parents' years since migration on children's academic achievement

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rangvid, Beatrice Schindler - 2011

In this paper, we employ register data for eight cohorts of second-generation immigrant pupils to identify the impact of each parent's years since migration on their children's school achievements. We exploit local variation in years since migration and within-family variation. We find evidence...

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Familial influences on poverty among young children in black immigrant, US-born black, and nonblack immigrant families

Thomas, Kevin J. A. - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 48 (2011) 2, pp. 437-460

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Simulating the effects of acculturation and return migration on the maternal and infant health of Mexican immigrants in the United States : a research note

Ceballos, Miguel - In: Demography : a publication of the Population … 48 (2011) 2, pp. 425-436

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Immigration: the European experience

Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso - 2011

This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing between EU and non-EU immigrants) a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their...

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The impact of migration on family left behind

Antman, Francisca M. - 2012

. Finally, I address the impact of adult child migration on contributions toward non-migrant parents as well as the effects on … effects of migration on the education and health of non-migrant children as well as the labor supply of non-migrant spouses … parental health. Results show that elderly parents receive lower time contributions from all of their children when one child …

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Immigrant children in elementary school : an international perspective

Sweetman, Arthur - In: Canadian immigration : economic evidence for a dynamic …, (pp. 257-281). 2010

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