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Sibling correlations and intergenerational mobility across immigrant groups

Colagrossi, Marco; Deiana, Claudio; Geraci, Andrea; … - 2024

across native and immigrant groups, but these seem to be explained by different factors. As immigrants assimilate, their … intergenerational transmission mechanisms also become similar to natives. However, less assimilated immigrants experience weaker …

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Are we there yet? : intergenerational mobility and economic assimilation of second-generation immigrants in Estonia

Kivi, Laura Helena; Järve, Janno; Anspal, Sten; … - In: Baltic journal of economics 21 (2021) 2, pp. 157-182

child income rank for both natives and second-generation immigrants. Results from a detailed Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition … indicate that up to 21% of the gap between income ranks of second-generation immigrants and natives is related to differences …

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Career status, retirement readiness, and age differences : empirical evidence from skilled immigrants in Thailand

Phaninee Naruetharadhol; Wongsaichia, Sasichakorn; Van … - In: Cogent business & management 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-21

immigrants in Thailand’s educational sector. This article employed a sample of 319 skilled immigrants in the Northeast of … affecting a skilled immigrant’s capacity to retire readily. It was recommended that skilled immigrants enhance their career …. The results suggested that career status was a crucial factor allowing skilled immigrants to prepare for retirement …

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Intergenerational mobility and self-selection on unobserved skills : new evidence

Hebsaker, Michael; Neidhöfer, Guido; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-9

This study proposes a novel way to examine self-selection on unobserved skills and applies it to a sample of young males seeking asylum in 2015/2016 in Germany. First, the degree of intergenerational mobility of these refugees is assessed, specifically their educational improvement in comparison...

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Contrasting experiences : understanding the longer-term impact of improving access to preschool education in rural Indonesia

Hasan, Amer; Jung, Haeil; Kinnell, Angela; Maika, Amelia; … - 2019

This paper examines the longer-term impact of a project that expanded access to playgroup services in rural Indonesia. It compares the outcomes of two cohorts of children who were exposed to the same intervention at different points in time. One cohort was eligible to access playgroups during...

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Labour migration of parents and threats to children and youth

Kraus, Artur; Wojtas, Natalia - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 8, pp. 1-11

Labour migration is a global trend that shapes communities and economies around the world. Growing economic migration carries a specific threat to children and youth. Long-term consequences threaten life outcomes such as educational achievement, career development, mental and physical health....

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Barriers to immigrant assimilation evidence on grading bias in Ecuadorian high schools

Rangel, Marcos A.; Marotta, Luana; Van der Werf, Cynthia; … - 2024

market outcomes, which are all well know elements for the economic assimilation of immigrants. …

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The effect of immigrant concentration at school on natives’ achievement : does length of stay in the host country matter?

Bossavie, Laurent - 2018

a small negative effect of recent immigrants in the classroom on natives' test scores. This effect significant only for …

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Intergenerational educational mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dendir, Seife - In: World development sustainability 2 (2023), pp. 1-13

Research on social mobility in developing countries has been hampered by the coresidency criterion applied to most surveys. However, a recent study showed that for educational mobility, the intergenerational correlation (IGC) suffers from significantly less bias in coresident samples, and is...

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Educator knowledge of early childhood development : evidence from Eastern Nepal

Buck, Lindsey; Fiala, Nathan; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2020

Early childhood is a crucial period for the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and language development of children. Of the 200 million children who do not reach their developmental potential worldwide, 66 percent live in South Asia. This paper explores gaps in knowledge among educators in...

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