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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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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....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725533

Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...

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Do Significant Immigrant Inflows Create Negative Education Impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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

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Education and Economic Well-Being in Racially Diverse Rural Counties: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Mykerezi, Elton; Mills, Bradford F. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 34 (2004) 3, pp. 303-19

The role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in increasing the education and economic well-being of … rural Blacks is not, perhaps, as clear today as in the past given the abolition of formal segregation in public education … high concentrations of Blacks. Further, the impact of HBCUs in promoting college education among Blacks is above and beyond …

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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...

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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …

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The External Effects of Black-Male Incarceration on Black Females

Mechoulan, Stéphane - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2006

We examine how the rising incarceration of Black men and the sex ratio imbalance it induces shapes young Black women’s behavior during their late teens and early twenties. Combining data from the BJS and the CPS to match incarceration rates with individual observations, we show that Black male...

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The Dynamics of the Racial Test Score Gap During the School Years in Britain

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

differences in parents' involvement in education. We find that a non-negligible part of the test score racial gap can be explained … by these cultural differences. In particular, we show that if non-white parents would invest in education of their 11 …

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Immigrant Concentration in Schools: Consequences for Native and Migrant Students

Schneeweis, Nicole - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

primary education and grade repetition. Using variation in the fraction of students with migration background among adjacent …

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