a representative panel survey of adolescents in Hungary we test the hypothesis that poverty shapes how adolescents …This paper reports the findings from an analysis of the ethnic identification choices of adolescents in Hungary. Using … identify and conditions the transmission of identification in families. Our results indicate that Roma identification is part …

This paper consists of two distinct, yet connected parts. In a previous paper an overview of Roma history in Austria … with empirical information1. The largest Austrian Roma community, living in the Burgenland district Oberwart, represents … the observed population. A survey of the Roma in Oberwart commissioned by WIFO provides data on the economic situation of …

The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel … for Roma children are only 60 and 40 per cent, respectively. Drop-outs and grade retentions are especially frequent in … secondary school career, but the relation is different among the children of Roma and uneducated families, indicating the …

This study quantifies the achievement gap between Roma and non-Roma students in Hungary and assesses the potential … play a significant role. Besides differences in health, social disadvantages of Roma students lead to lower skills through … skill development of Roma and other disadvantaged children. -- test score gap ; Roma minority ; Hungary …